PART 1 (7 days ago) – DAYS DARKLY
PART 1 (7 days ago) – DAYS DARKLY Sheets of winter rain battering my window. A dank day like today, generally pretty nice. But today I felt a little restless. Agitated even. Couldn’t quite figure out why. Just one of those days I guess. Alice sensed my mood. Asked, ‘You okay?’. I felt too spaced out to answer. I opened the windows. Dark, low-hanging clouds wafted in with the cold breeze. The sporadic thunder roared. A breakfast of champions. Gin soaked coffee and nicotine soothing the shards in my mind. I stood in the center of my room, still a little dazed. Looking around and perusing my mind. Trying to think what exactly I should be thinking. My eyes caught sight of the newspaper shoved in under my front door. Picked it up. Don't really know why I still subscribe. Alice said, ‘I know why. There’s always a war going on some place or the other. Reading about the victories in war, the violence of the valorant, the bravery of kill-mongers, the sadism of the 'good guys...