by Lupe Fernandez Bile boils my stomach. My heart beats faster than a hummingbird’s wings. I can’t catch my breath. Saliva tastes like asphalt fear.
Who’s to say what will happen next?
Who’s to say the worst is yet to come?
Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
- Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, The Dark Knight
Who’s to say the best is yet to come?
Who’s to blame?
The entertainment media complex, rotten eggs, sunspots, reality shows, ratings, global warming, left handers, cable, hot vinyl, the Oscars, ants, volatile organic compounds, bottled water, super-delegates, the Spanish Inquisition, quantum physics, social media, Lyndon Johnson, salt-licks, KKK, gerunds, coconut oil, adverbs, depression, repression, suppression, German Shepherds, the glass ceiling, marble tile, agent rejection notices… You get the idea.
As those slaves have died, so will your rabble... if they falter one instant in loyalty to the new order of affairs. Arrests are in progress. The prisons began to fill. In every city and province, lists of the disloyal have been compiled. Tomorrow, they will learn the cost of their terrible folly... their treason.
- Laurence Olivier as Marcus Licinius Crassus, Spartacus (1960)
Once upon a time, racial segregation was the law of the land.
Once upon a time, The Republic of Mexico owned California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and Texas.
Once upon a time, twelve men walked on the Moon.
Once upon a time…I don’t have any more stories, no more quips, jabs, jokes, puns or ad-libs.
The one time I thought the world was really, really going to change was in the early nineties. The dreaded Berlin Wall fell, marking the end of the USSR. We’re free, I thought. The Cold War is over. The threat of nuclear annihilation is gone. We’re free. This country, the world can devote itself to greater things. I was wrong.
I’m naïve.
“It’s morning again in America…”
- Republican Political TV Ad, 1984 Election
Is this the day to cast blame?
We had a long discussion about all of this at the family gingerbread party. I am a white female. No matter how much I believe that I am liberal. No matter that I have never in my life recognized a color barrier, I can never be in the shoes of my many Mexican American and black friends and gay friends. I am also 73 years old and have lived through times I thought would end this country. I was wrong. I pray to be wrong again.
ReplyDeleteGingerbread party. Hmmm...is that a euphemism for something the NSA would infiltrate?
DeleteSincerely,
Paranoia Partner