he looked around the concourse at the milling people as he sat near the gate where his flight home disembarked

he had a couple of hours to kill 

which was never a problem or trouble for him

he was a time assassin

                         he killed itbludgeoned it with books stabbed and slashed it to death with pen to paper

he was without peer

his peerlessnesshowever  was finally being challenged

he was in Phoenix

military jet fighters screeamed across runways and into the wild blue yonder why jets were scrambling across Arizona was beyond him scores had screeamed into the air he couldnt help but wonder what that costed the taxpayer like the presidents golf games at Mar-a-Lago as if DC or Virginia didnt have courses just pissing money away  

he was in Phoenix Arizona where a vast enclave of old white people existed

paranoia existed

looking around the concourse it seemed to him he was the only one who was challenged or irritated by the PAby the wooo wooo wooo howling from ceiling speakers blaring Your attention, please. Your attention, please. The alarm you are hearing is being investigated. Wooo wooo wooo 

                                                      the droll monotonous alarm was accompanied by small flashing bright white lights nears the speakers up and down the entire concourse

Your attention, please. Your attention, please. The alarm you are hearing is being investigated. Wooo wooo wooo Your attention, please. Your attention, please. The alarm you are hearing is being investigated. Wooo wooo wooo  Your attention, please. Your attention, please. The alarm you are hearing is being investigated. Wooo wooo wooo  Your attention, please. Your attention, please. The alarm you are hearing is being investigated. Wooo wooo wooo

he was a baby boomer  pre-September 11

he remembered how airports were

however these milling peoplethese bus riders seemed willing and readily accepted post-9/11 They despise our way of life. We werent going to let them change it.  

                                     Ahh  enhanced interrorgation had funneled its way into the mainstream  it seemed to enjoy its aerobics and gymnasticsseemed to relish itself in Phoenix  

                                                                          Your attention. please. Your attention, please. 

The alarm you are hearing is being investigated. Wooo wooo wooo  Your attention. please. Your attention, please. 

The alarm you are hearing is being investigated. Wooo wooo wooo  

                                                                      Aah  looking closer he saw that most everyone pulling their luggage on castersweaving between each othercutting one another off were wearing earbuds and vying with the crowd in an alternate reality 

he half-hoped a bomb would detonate

itd take a bomb to grab their attention

theres more than one way to kill time

1916,  Twosday,  21  5. 19

Little Walter  BOOM BOOM Out go the Lights  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XagQ3owbBEM