17.2.23

afraid of the dark

Our nations afraid of the dark

Nation Hell, most people are afraid of the dark. It’s biology, genetics, packed in our DNA, dates back to when our primitive ancestors were prey.

   Are you afraid of the dark Im not

he eyed him suspiciously
                           No, Im not afraid of the dark either. 

lyinghe knew it thought it a question of machismo it wasnt it was an honest ask but something he wouldnt be honest about 
       not if it coloured him in a light he imagined masculinely untoward

Why do yasay tha Yare being dishonest 
You’re not afraid of the dark?

No I said I wasnt 
                   Lemme ask you How long did it take you to shed the fear of the darkit took me most of a yearmust have been nine ten we lived in a hunred year old house brick foundation gargantuan oilfed furnace that looked like a monstrous hydra Id go hanging lightbulb to lightbulb deeper into the basementturning one on going back to the last turning it off until I was in the farthest reaches depths with one bulb burning above my head  Id take a breath yank the dangling stringhard so it bobbedbounced over head an I coudnt find it if I wanted to  Id steep in the blackness til I thought Id lose my mind then fleerunning into things running up the wood basement stairs up into the house then out the front door onto the porch an through its dooroutdoors onto the front lawn panting  Better part of a year   Until I slayed my fear of the dark 
                     Had I not confronted it Id still be frightened today
Howd ya process yours beat it

Eventually I did, I grew older. I didn’t have a process like you.

   Yours evaporated

I supposemust have. I’m not afraid of the dark now.

he wanted to cry Horseshit but didnt when someone lies eventually itll creep up on them an it will  then theyd have to contend with it 
                This is a nation of fear exacerbated  manipulated  by fear 
Maybe because I put mine away long ago I can clearly see that

I can see too.

Sure You can see
                        he doubted it

afternoon 2ish,  Twosday – Valentine’s Day,  14  2. 23
1347,  Thursday,  16  2. 23

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