The Enlightened 1

Somehow she managed to unlock her wrist from its current position. The harsh cold metal around her wrist was comforting for some reason. Its tailored elegance reminded her of the swivel of the combination lock on a bank vault and how that 360 degree circle could hold back the world. It was several lifetimes that had brought her awake in this darkness. The moon had passed over seemingly milleniums ago and maybe she had missed the birth and death of the stars and the blackness above her head was the aftermath of their passing. The air was cold and life had been sucked from the wind and it just hung like a heavy smoke over a burnt skillet of eggs. She tried to put her hand on floor so she could sit upright against the grainy cement wall but something heavy was preventing this action. She tried to move it but its weight was seemingly nailed to the floor and her eyes hadn't adjusted enough to the dark to see what thing held her limb in its tight grip. She cursed and something cu...

So many people are making this end-of-the-world thing so negative. The end of the world can be so positive. I like to look on the bright side of world destructive and find the silver linings of the planet disappearing. Below are a few things I think give the end of the world some modest appeal. 1. Oprah will be as broke as the rest of us. When the world goes away the OWN network goes bankrupt because its equipment and network are gone and Oprah goes back to wearing her casting clothes from the Color Purple. 2. no repayment of student loans. A lot of people worry about going into default and the consequences from the gov't, but rest assured once the world ends you can sleep easier not worrying about the Dept. of Education. 3. Willow Smith and Cymphonique will be ushers. They won't be allowed to sing solos in Heaven's choir nor live off their parent's success. Just white gloves and silence for these two. 4. Your baby's mothers can no longer fight you or each ...