dispatches
it was standing room
only
it was very tight
but you got used to
it in the end
and
it was only like that
at the start,
it got easier as you
faded…
it’s not the way it
was
and
I can still remember
sometimes
no time and no room,
no sound but for breathing, no laughter, no noise,no beeping, no bleeping, no
clicks and no ringing ,no singing…no talking, no walking…just breathing and
being…and seeing life’s seething…
standing room only
you see…
we have all that we
want, all that we need and we own nothing at all
we are allowed the
standing room
and
the space to breathe
enough space for the patchers
and watchers to see and to move…
so there is just
US,us,the masses and the patchers, the watchers, the guides and the carers,
controllers, admin and birthers and owners…
who own all the
masses and patchers and watchers, the guides and the carers, controllers and
admin and birthers…
the owners decide who
who stays and who fades
controllers and admin
tap notes on their tablets
the guides and the
carers check all and report
the carers control
all the birthers and births
…decide all… for us
all so that we don’t think…
it’s all new now, you
see, new every day, everything new every day and you get all that you want and
you wish for… and although we have nothing and need nothing at all there is
still a price that we must pay…and we pay it and are happy because we get more
and more and more and because we keep nothing and let it all go…as we fade…
…all except for the
children…
…we remember the
children…
…and…
…the children get
nothing…
…the children are the
workers and the birthers of new children so that we can move on and fade…
…there is no stopping
them now, they just keep on coming…the automators see to that…
…there is now no
force from anyone…we have no more pain, no need for tears, the patchers and the
watchers see to all that…
…they come when the
watcher has seen…
…and…
…give you a patch…
…a green one for heartache, a red one
for anger, yellow for hunger, orange for sex, purple for love and a white one
to fade…and as all the children are birthed the admin knows who to fade, one
for one it must be so all remains equal and the guides and controllers get on
with their guiding, controlling the masses…
it’s standing room
only
sometimes a bit tight
we’re used to that
now
and
it doesn’t take long
to the fading
once you’re on
patches…
…I remember sometimes
in between…
…it isn’t..
…the way…
…that it was…
this was written for our monthly meeting of our Appledore Writers' Group
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