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anno_salutis On a porch with a friend,
discussing property ownership
and retirement, because what else
is left to discuss?

The argument for conformity
from weariness.

Nobody cares about transitional generations,
least of all themselves.

The sky is suddenly brightened by
surprise fireworks at night,
when quiet was expected,
and darkness.

The sudden illumination of everything
and then its retreat,
creates a jarring effect,
life spans
flash and boom.

In every house and every office
in every door we pass
there’s a person
who could have been an inquisitor, a baker, a war criminal, he of the baleful eye, or an accountant named Stu though he changed his name upon attaining adulthood because it didn't suit him), given the right circumstance.

How can one live with history when the same
sad glory of bone and flesh is behind every door. How, when the possibility that it's your turn to be the serial killer held up as horror itself is ever past and present?

Upon sharing this amateurish complaint with a friend,
he states, "but we aren’t all doing those things anymore, we aren't inquisitors,
we aren’t burning strong women as witches, no, no, we’re blogging
about intersectionality.
Who cares that we could be doing truly awful things, because we aren’t.
We can strive for better, because we’re now better."

Maybe he's right as the firework reports. But how can we know what is better when we’re in the midst of it.
What will they think of us, we who leave this battered earth?

All we have are these bodies. The same as those who went before us.
And different stories. Stories we’re told are true.
And believe to be true.
The dream of property ownership.
Another firework, distant music.
We mustn’t trouble ourselves.
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