Society is a Hole

“And the motherfucker cut me off. No blinkers, he just jumped lanes and cut me off. He could’ve gotten me killed. People think they are good drivers, but they aren’t. They risk their own lives and they risk other people’s.”

The two men were talking over a meal

”Yeah, and they don’t realize how they spoil someone’s day. I mean, you’re a dick to one person, they go on and be dicks to ten people. And those be dicks to ten people, and so on it goes.”

The wind was cold and strong, it made the tents dance. The men tried to get warmth from the blankets, but blankets are dead things, they cannot make you warm.

”I wish we could focus more on the positives."

"Fuck, it’s cold. Pardon my French."

"More on the positives, you know what I mean. Like this food."

"It stinks. I think it’s expired."

"What’s a good meal you remember?"

"Let me see. I was eating at a nice outdoors lunch place. I was having Cesar salad. The lettuce was nice and crisp, the chicken was soft and juicy. I was waiting for my wife. She was getting back from an appointment with her eye doctor. She appeared among the crowd, she waved at me."

"That’s a nice memory."

"Yeah, the fucking lunch place is no longer there. They bombed the shit out of it. They killed the owner with mustard gas. His wife and little baby are gone, God knows where."

"Stop it, will you?"

"Sorry.”

Soldiers were patrolling along the perimeter of the camp, they were wearing nice warm jackets.

”This fucking climate is going to kill me.”

Posted by: Paweł Kowaluk