kaienne

It is a balmy june day and the weather is so nice you can't not go for a walk. You wander aimlessly until you pass by a park; during your walk, you passed a guy wearing nothing but sandals and a necklace. You enter the park, which is well-maintained because it is frequented by many happy people. On your right passes two men and a woman, the woman holding one of the men's hands each. One of the men makes a tawdry joke about the woman, who smiles unashamed as the other man returns a knowing grin. The air feels clean from the trees and on the path ahead of you is a pond with a fountain. Around the circumference of the pond are a number of bench

Fire escape. Left hand rail leap over side, turn, up, turn, up, turn, up, right hand ledge onto roof power boxes smoke stack zigzag in between approaching ledge plot out left foot, right foot, leap with left and finish just in time to act: Three very long seconds hit the other side and watch the sky go over under head and heels then on your feet: Move it now, adjacent building water tower climbing girders don't look back and don't look down; reaching, pulling, lifting, seeking, railing feet first slide between push off with hand then on your feet: Ladder on the building's side, cross the tarmac downward slide another rooftop, close

The world is going to hell. Which is all well and good for a sweeping, Judeo-Christian overarching statement, but what does that actually mean? The days of the 20's and 50's and 80's, the days of economic boom and modern luxury and relaxed enjoyment are, regrettably, coming to another end. We live in a society which is indoctrinated to sit idly by in comfort and watch the clouds or television shows go by while idly consuming products of unknown and disreputable origin while simultaneously being bombarded with imagery and messaging that We Are Not Good Enough, that we are not as hot as models, smart as intellectuals, active as pro sports pla