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Saul
Saul is the leader of a peaceful organization fighting for freedom in a uni-partisan United States, where freedoms have been phased out and exchanged for 'love and equality'. Unfortunately, freedom is not always fighting for him.
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... “My name is Saul. I have another name, one I was given when I was very young by my very own mother, but she’s gone now and so is my name. They’re both buried deep in my heart, protected from the evils that hate them both. I could tell you my real name, but I don’t think you’ll ever read this anyway. I don’t even know who I’m writing to. If someone does happen to read this, that’ll mean I’ve been caught and killed and I dearly hope that you, whoever you are, you understand our government isn’t working for us. They’re only working for themselves.
So why am I writing this if no one will ever see the words I write? You could say it’s because when they started systematically eliminating people’s hearing to create a level playing field for deaf people they broke the final straw. Or when they started eliminating eyesight to make things fair to blind people. Or you could say it’s because I have nothing but a half burned candle and some dusty cans of food for company and I’m lonely. Or crazy. Or perhaps a little bit of both. All technology is traceable, so I’m here without a phone, a tablet, or even any LED lights. There’s no electricity down here. I see nothing and hear only the hum of the ventilation fan from far above. There is electricity up there, but I prefer to keep my life, then to go up there and be tried for treason. I’m twenty feet underground in a bunker and, according to the United States, I’m a terrorist. Am I? Only if getting the establishment to bite their nails counts.
Signing off,
Saul”
Saul’s pen stopped trailing across the old and wrinkled paper. He had been writing in the margins of an old newspaper clip he had kept to remind him of the evil he was fighting. The paper had been printed directly after Amendment 65, which illegalized the free press, was passed. Now, Saul studied the headline as the candle flame beside him, the only thing in the room that felt as if it could be alive, danced feebly up and down. The mass of candle wax beside him slowly burned and melted, reminding Saul of the limited time he could have left, the loss he had experienced, and his limited blessings that still remained. The newspaper headline read, “Woman Killed in Tragic Accident”. The woman had been Saul’s mom and she had not been killed by accident.
Future
Word 2772
(568 words of 2772 words)
... “My name is Saul. I have another name, one I was given when I was very young by my very own mother, but she’s gone now and so is my name. They’re both buried deep in my heart, protected from the evils that hate them both. I could tell you my real name, but I don’t think you’ll ever read this anyway. I don’t even know who I’m writing to. If someone does happen to read this, that’ll mean I’ve been caught and killed and I dearly hope that you, whoever you are, you understand our government isn’t working for us. They’re only working for themselves.
So why am I writing this if no one will ever see the words I write? You could say it’s because when they started systematically eliminating people’s hearing to create a level playing field for deaf people they broke the final straw. Or when they started eliminating eyesight to make things fair to blind people. Or you could say it’s because I have nothing but a half burned candle and some dusty cans of food for company and I’m lonely. Or crazy. Or perhaps a little bit of both. All technology is traceable, so I’m here without a phone, a tablet, or even any LED lights. There’s no electricity down here. I see nothing and hear only the hum of the ventilation fan from far above. There is electricity up there, but I prefer to keep my life, then to go up there and be tried for treason. I’m twenty feet underground in a bunker and, according to the United States, I’m a terrorist. Am I? Only if getting the establishment to bite their nails counts.
Signing off,
Saul”
Saul’s pen stopped trailing across the old and wrinkled paper. He had been writing in the margins of an old newspaper clip he had kept to remind him of the evil he was fighting. The paper had been printed directly after Amendment 65, which illegalized the free press, was passed. Now, Saul studied the headline as the candle flame beside him, the only thing in the room that felt as if it could be alive, danced feebly up and down. The mass of candle wax beside him slowly burned and melted, reminding Saul of the limited time he could have left, the loss he had experienced, and his limited blessings that still remained. The newspaper headline read, “Woman Killed in Tragic Accident”. The woman had been Saul’s mom and she had not been killed by accident.
10 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 4, 2016
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