tommyb
Registrant
(a chapter)
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(morning)
"You will forgive us," he says. Youngin.
Once, in the early days, 'was at the pizza place across the street from the grocery. The man sat down deliberately, loudly, beside me, at the bar, though it is mostly empty. Balding, maybe fifty-ish; forceful. 'Doesn't take an hour to read one page of a magazine, when most of it is photograph. But this guy, was intent. The headline: "Grave Consequences."
'Think the bartender knew, a kind one, she left it to me. 'Stayed silent. 'Continued with my food. Locals can be fascinating. Back then, it was all: Why is the government putting me through OCS without asking me. What is going on. Then 'stopped to eat. 'Would graduate. The censorship of social media by American presidents now remains off the table which is a good outcome. Quite the graduation. Commander Kenley says my OCS was three months. It was four. Remember the stories Enlisted overhears of OCS ... All that happened.
Youngin doesn't know Dawn took advantage of the railroad days to put a hit out on me. He doesn't know my sisters signed on. Anything to get away with the harrowing, knowing Mrs. Obama would be super-racist; how females play each other... Poor Obama, poor Trump, poor Biden; they never saw it coming. Like the cops, social workers, and observant teachers, they suspected something dark was going on, maybe due to some detail they couldn't let go, only they couldn't get past the females. My relatives and I only have that in common: that sense of entitlement to kill. It's emotion, intellectual, down to abstract thoughts. There's nothing wrong with being a killer. 'Was the better killer. The boy killed for them, for my sisters' safety. 'Know it was murder 'cause it was technically premeditated. 'Know they've got that on me. Carolina clay don't play. The second time, God sent rain. Youngin doesn't know 'would never trade God's Country for the world. Those sunrises, those sunsets, those lightning strike storms, the boy running around trying to get as close as possible to hear the hiss, those afternoons trying to catch Fall leaves before they hit the ground. God's Country always shined all around, even when the sun had set.
Spooks spook closer than Youngin thinks. He doesn't have a Secret Security Clearance. He doesn't know how to handle one's self while being stalked, not to mention, worse. He doesn't know the other mediums are simply trying to apply pressure. He doesn't know the Intelligence Community had formerly signed on, then they realized ... and stepped off, away from Presidents. Now it's mindless pressure. The other mediums must've been in awe, but really they already knew a percentage of American radio waves remain the military's. 'Similar for broadcasting. Especially during the Cold War, things get complex. Networks like ABC, NBC, and CBS have been decided upon. The government allows civilian access to broadcasting as long as they perform the actual duty of journalism, etcetera. 'Have heard many talking heads were simply shown a card with words on it, knowing to work the wink or pocket word in, oblivious of meaning. Nothing's ever truly forgotten. Even McCarthyism can be used for good, as a skill set. They took out Weinstein, thankfully. All is rumor ...
"The Americans are good people."
It never occurs to Youngin the railroad was mostly Americans.
"You've got to start living your life."
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__________
(morning)
"You will forgive us," he says. Youngin.
Once, in the early days, 'was at the pizza place across the street from the grocery. The man sat down deliberately, loudly, beside me, at the bar, though it is mostly empty. Balding, maybe fifty-ish; forceful. 'Doesn't take an hour to read one page of a magazine, when most of it is photograph. But this guy, was intent. The headline: "Grave Consequences."
'Think the bartender knew, a kind one, she left it to me. 'Stayed silent. 'Continued with my food. Locals can be fascinating. Back then, it was all: Why is the government putting me through OCS without asking me. What is going on. Then 'stopped to eat. 'Would graduate. The censorship of social media by American presidents now remains off the table which is a good outcome. Quite the graduation. Commander Kenley says my OCS was three months. It was four. Remember the stories Enlisted overhears of OCS ... All that happened.
Youngin doesn't know Dawn took advantage of the railroad days to put a hit out on me. He doesn't know my sisters signed on. Anything to get away with the harrowing, knowing Mrs. Obama would be super-racist; how females play each other... Poor Obama, poor Trump, poor Biden; they never saw it coming. Like the cops, social workers, and observant teachers, they suspected something dark was going on, maybe due to some detail they couldn't let go, only they couldn't get past the females. My relatives and I only have that in common: that sense of entitlement to kill. It's emotion, intellectual, down to abstract thoughts. There's nothing wrong with being a killer. 'Was the better killer. The boy killed for them, for my sisters' safety. 'Know it was murder 'cause it was technically premeditated. 'Know they've got that on me. Carolina clay don't play. The second time, God sent rain. Youngin doesn't know 'would never trade God's Country for the world. Those sunrises, those sunsets, those lightning strike storms, the boy running around trying to get as close as possible to hear the hiss, those afternoons trying to catch Fall leaves before they hit the ground. God's Country always shined all around, even when the sun had set.
Spooks spook closer than Youngin thinks. He doesn't have a Secret Security Clearance. He doesn't know how to handle one's self while being stalked, not to mention, worse. He doesn't know the other mediums are simply trying to apply pressure. He doesn't know the Intelligence Community had formerly signed on, then they realized ... and stepped off, away from Presidents. Now it's mindless pressure. The other mediums must've been in awe, but really they already knew a percentage of American radio waves remain the military's. 'Similar for broadcasting. Especially during the Cold War, things get complex. Networks like ABC, NBC, and CBS have been decided upon. The government allows civilian access to broadcasting as long as they perform the actual duty of journalism, etcetera. 'Have heard many talking heads were simply shown a card with words on it, knowing to work the wink or pocket word in, oblivious of meaning. Nothing's ever truly forgotten. Even McCarthyism can be used for good, as a skill set. They took out Weinstein, thankfully. All is rumor ...
"The Americans are good people."
It never occurs to Youngin the railroad was mostly Americans.
"You've got to start living your life."
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