A Night on the Town – Part I
Dec 16th, 2009 | By edward j rathke | Category: Series, SunsetCloser to downtown, the streetlights spotted his path, one circle of yellow light followed by another.
Closer to downtown, the streetlights spotted his path, one circle of yellow light followed by another.
The ground shook, a deep grumble vibrating over the land.
He spent nineteen hours traveling the country.
That lunatic’s out there raving and forcing everyone to migrate because, for some reason, where we live, where we’ve lived all this time, is no longer suitable to humans.
The city looms in wheezing death throes. A cloud of steam like a goddess born from the thrashing of flames and torrent of flood. They wait, the water eddying past their knees.
They came from everywhere searching for what everyone searched. They had no homes, no past, and the future was empty, an endless shroud [...]
I used to pray that god would destroy the earth every night. Just burn it all down and start over. Or quit maybe.