Good said, “I’m not mad at you.” ICE said, “Fucking bitch.” Then he shot her. What would Freud say? Opposing instincts, Eros, the life force versus Thanatos, the death force.
Comity versus violence. Consensus versus fascism. What would Jesus say? Turn the other cheek. Like Martin Luther King, like Mahatma Gandhi, like Jesus himself.
What would George Harris III say? Flower Power. Carry a carnation. Insert it into the barrel of a soldier’s gun. Hope they’re so surprised they forget to shoot you. But I’m mad. I want to bloody curse. Choose life, choose love.
Monica lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two foster dogs. She taught parents how to raise their toddlers for twenty-five years before retiring in 2015 to write. The secret to toddlers is to make sure you get enough sleep. Monica hasn't found the secret to writing, yet, but is diligently working at it. See links to her on-line stories on the publications page.
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