FIRST DAY OF THE WEAK
by Brandy Maki
Monday Morning,
the Head of the Country addressed his citizens:
“She is a
cunning one. Hailing from the depths of hell, she rains chaos, mayhem, and
destruction down on the dwellers of Earth. Spitting on the face of Humans, she devours
the innocent while assisting the wrong-doers. She has nothing but a tortuous,
malicious mind. Of whom, you ask, do I speak? No other than the dreaded and
infamous Mother Nature.
“For
longer than man’s recollection spans, Mother Nature has been tormenting
humankind. She spews down oodles of deadly, drowning slaver. She laps up the
shores with her venomous tongue and destroys the land with her wicked breath.
She dissolves the glaciers with her villainous gaze and quakes the ground with
her abysmal cough. She has killed millions and will most likely kill millions,
if not billions, more. What have humans done to deserve such torment? What have
we done to receive such cruelty and hatred?
“It is
evident that she will not stop. We have tried to compromise, yet she is
unwilling. We have no choice but to take drastic action. The unceasing effort
of Mother Nature to wipe out the Human Beings has placed us in a dire
situation, a situation in which we must call to arms the forces of justice. We
must apply our most extreme armor, employ our vast supply of weaponry, and
utilize our greatest intelligence. Mother Nature is asking for an all-out
war.
“We must
protect our children, our homes, our schools, and our churches from the wrath
which Mother Nature brings. No more will we let her ravage our streets and
demolish our homes, but instead we will defend and fight for our lands. We will
step forth to the front lines. We will establish a highly knowledgeable
coalition, filled with the finest experts, which will lead us in battle. We
will make this land safe, once again, for our citizens. We will no longer have
to worry whether our lives and homes will be spared by such a ruinous force as
Mother Nature. We will prove to her that we are free and that we will live where
we please without disastrous consequences. By leading the fight against Nature,
we will liberate ourselves and our children. Freedom will be ours, and we will
fear no more. We will claim Mother Nature herself as our own, and our victory
will result in our ownership, our enslavement of her: the land, the air, and
the sea.
“How will
we battle such a behemoth as Mother Nature? It will take many of us; we must
all join in the fight, and we must hold strong. We must not run from our
shores; we must not leave our homes. Be it flood, fire, gale, or quake, we must
stand our ground and face her with all of our might. She may take our homes,
and she may take our lives, but in the end, we will be the victors. We will
stay ‘til the end and finally we will become the Lords of the Land.
“Thanks to
the hard work of our scientists and new technology, we now have years of
research and data showing us every move of Mother Nature, making it easy to
judge her next step. The scientists, together with the Federal Intelligence
Force, have been formulating precise plans as to how we will stage our attack.
We have learned the location of her vital areas, and we are now able to stage
our fortifications.
“We must
send out troops and begin construction right away. We will remold the land
which Nature once used as a tool against us, and by doing so, we will create a
land that will be used to our advantage; a land that benefits us. We will force
Mother Nature to be our slave. We will reroute her rivers; we will build walls
to contain her water. Her fires will not reach us nor will her quakes and gales
take down our buildings. She has constructed the land in a way to murder us,
and we will reconstruct the land in a way that will murder her. There will no
longer be floodplains and fire zones to invoke fear on our people. Instead, the
land will be beautiful and gentle for it will be everything we want it to be
and nothing we don’t. We will be able to build our homes where we please. We will no longer be taken by that evil
wretch; for this is why we fight.
“This war
is necessary to keep our citizens safe. We must come to arms with Mother Nature
and show her that we will take her malice no longer. She is a terrorist, and we
must stop her. From this point on, our country is at war.”
--
“It’s
about time,” said Nathan to his fiancé. “I don’t know why they didn’t come up
with this sooner. This is just what we need! They’ll force the river out of the
district and developers will be begging for our new design. The ads you came up
with are excellent. I think they will show everyone that we’re on the cutting
edge.”
“Do you
think they’re that good?” Tracy asked. “I wanted it to sound real, yet
futuristic but not too far out there. Has Jack even seen them yet?”
“No,”
replied Nathan, taking a bite of his bran flakes, “but I told him about them,
and I plan to show them to him today.”
“What
happens if they can’t do what they say they will?” said Tracy. “I mean, they
have this wonderful plan to change the course of a colossal river. What if this
is all just hype to get everyone involved and raise morale? What if they can’t
do it?”
“Of course
they can do it, Tracy,” said Nathan. “This is the FIF we are talking about
here. I don’t think they hire any nerd off the street. Don’t worry. The HOC knows what he is talking about. We
have the strongest country in the world; if anyone is going to defeat Mother
Nature, it’s going to be us.”
--
“This
isn’t going to do any good,” Josephine said to a customer while keeping her
eyes on the television.
“Wars never
do any good,” replied the customer taking a sip of his coffee. “I reckon
they'll be spending billions and billions of dollars on this war. And what will
we get out of the deal? Nothing.”
“You’re
right. Every time they come up with some bright idea to save the country, who
does it end up saving? Not us! No, we’re just the ones who pay! A while back,
when all those disasters were happening, a few of my neighbors were evicted
because their housing assistance was cut. At the same time, I read in the paper
that the funding was cut for the parks around town. They used to be so
beautiful, and now they are in shambles. They take our money and give it to
those idiots living on the edge of catastrophe. Instead of waiting for the car
to pass, they jump out in front of it and yell stop. To hell with them.”
Josephine, with a look of disgust on her face, reached up and turned off the
television.
“Maybe the
car will hit ‘em,” said the man after taking another drink of his coffee.
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