it didnt begin that way  at least not to his mindhis thinking 

                                                                  but it has been ten years

Ten years tail end of Obamas administration shitheads administered lies Trumpvirus O’Biden phony stolen election  January 6 and on an on an on ad nauseam

he could understand the fatigue 

                                  but to erect a compound a massive black swinging gate spanning a doubledrive run on remote get a dog fix motion-sensory lighting hang strands of light around the house over the yard

wasnt fatigue

FEAR

they wore husband and wife matching tshirts that advertised gun ranges obstacle courses they attended braggadocio  side arm training                                                                                                                             Why he asked

Self defense.

Not the coming storm they were devout Republicans somehow he missed that his family and friends gleamed that not him

they clammed up looked deadly serious maybe that deadly seriousness came from aiming a handgun or rifle a squint  spying bullseyes 

he originally left the city urban centers for rural darkness hell the front street wasnt lit with street lamps 

                                                                                                               seems they were now afraid of the dark 

he had to contend with their light pollution set on a timer fuckin clockwork electric eye perhaps dusk falls lighting switchs on

             the entire compound glowing like the mushroom cap of an atomic bomb

he wondered when the moat the gators or some aquatic predatory denizen were going in 

he sighedfingering the keen honed edges of hand axes and kbars

       

2134,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  5  10. 22

1134,  ReggaeFriday,  7  10. 22

The Motels  Only the Lonely  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaPTELylZ1s