Yes, I went back to bed early this morning. The nightmares were worse. Helplessly watching my son self-destruct from an addiction he couldn’t shake. Sexual monsters with impossible bodies came and tormented me. At first, there was a pretty woman. It was HER again, and she brought help. This time, she had lots of backup. Night demons. They do love their work.
I should have prayed before turning in again. But my writing had calmed me. I hit the wall. They tortured me until dawn.
While these nightmares are the product of disturbed sleep and my failure to pray on it, we should, if we care, all be having bad dreams.
Look at the news.
There are heatwaves too hot and too early this year.
We have even seen the first earliest category five Atlantic hurricane in recorded history.
The storm has left about one million people in Texas without power. Studies prove that utility companies make low income neighborhoods their lowest priority. I pray you’re safe from the elements, at least.
Donald Trump is backed by the Supreme Court which will protect him from prosecution as well as allow him protection for the spoils system, which facilitates his burning desire to hire anyone who he wants to as president, including criminals and incompetents (I thought he already did that).
He was fired upon by a Sniper who certainly was not military trained. If that were so, he would have been head-shot instead of ear-grazed.
The look on his face…
I wish violence on no man, but he can hardly evoke sympathy from me. I fear that this is an indication of a lack of humanity on my part, but that look…
He’s not in shock. The picture, a second in time digitally preserved, shows so clearly that he is aware. And that he is full of hate… and rage.
The man is now twice the threat to this country than ever. Because someone made him an almost-martyr. One other person was killed. Two more, critically injured. The shooter was executed by the secret service. Nothing was learned. Now, nothing can be. It would have been senseless anyway, but now that’s cemented in place.
If that’s not enough, there’s the subject of money.
Your groceries and goods are being raised in price outrageously because Houthi rebels are still blocking access to the Suez Canal by firing on ships. This causes vessels to go farther by way of the Cape, and that’s costly. I have seen one item triple in price in three weeks. Don’t blame that on Biden. What’s he supposed to do, nuke Sub-Saharan regions or the Middle East?
Microplastics have been confirmed for the third time on the bottom of the deepest oceans, on top of mountain ranges like the Andes and peaks like Everest.
They’re in our drinking water and in our food. In our blood and in our organs.
The News will beat you right into the ground. Corporate news insists on beating you down. They’ll use any and every trick against you. They’re brainwashing you. Have been for years. The corporate bosses and their bosses don’t want you to think for yourself. They don’t want you to learn. Schools just turn out uneducated dolts to be yes men and women, the workforce for the corporate greedy.
Nothing is safe. Nothing is real, and everything is allowed. Nothing is sacred. But don’t worry: soon, so many things we call freedom and rights will be taken from us.
What will you dream about tonight? What’s been on your mind? Is it the current news or that old stuff? You know, the things people like you and me never forget?
I will pray for protection in my sleep tonight. It works. Maybe you should try it. It sure would be nice to start out your week by arriving at work fully rested, wouldn’t it?
I think so. Goodnight, and may the Lord send you guardians to watch over you this night and every night. Have a safe week. I don’t need to know who you are; I love you, so please visit me again.
Memoirs of an American Asshole 