by Hénock Gugsa
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--- Part 2 of 3 ---
Zach looked at his left foot and willed it to take one step forward, then he looked at his right foot and gave the same order. As he repeated these actions a few more times, he realized he was no longer stationary. He continued to walk at a good pace and he was soon in pursuit of the pesky little girls. He had to rescue them from their folly. As he was hurrying along, an angry witch with the face of a fox appeared before him and started to taunt him with insults and curses. She was trying to impede him from reaching the children. Zach closed his eyes firmly and covered his ears with his hands, he kicked the dirt in front of him and spat. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the witch with the fox head was now gone. Zach smiled and resumed his furtive and determined pursuit of the children.
--- Just then, his shoulders were being shaken ... at first gently, and then more forcibly ....
Zach looked at his left foot and willed it to take one step forward, then he looked at his right foot and gave the same order. As he repeated these actions a few more times, he realized he was no longer stationary. He continued to walk at a good pace and he was soon in pursuit of the pesky little girls. He had to rescue them from their folly. As he was hurrying along, an angry witch with the face of a fox appeared before him and started to taunt him with insults and curses. She was trying to impede him from reaching the children. Zach closed his eyes firmly and covered his ears with his hands, he kicked the dirt in front of him and spat. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the witch with the fox head was now gone. Zach smiled and resumed his furtive and determined pursuit of the children.
--- Just then, his shoulders were being shaken ... at first gently, and then more forcibly ....
"Zach, Zach ... wake up wake up! ... ZACH !"
A pair of gentle hands were pressing and shaking his shoulders, he was being wakened from a deep slumber by Eve. As his eyes gradually cracked open, he became aware that he was at the City Park. Apparently, he had drifted off into a magical dream world while sitting with his back buttressed against a young oak tree.
Eve apologized for being late and asked if he was okay. She was concerned because he had a strange, far-away look on his face. He was now visibly starting to get irritated ... he was feverishly trying to concentrate and remember every detail of the dream from which he just got yanked. Indelicately, he put an index finger to his lips to indicate that he needed a quiet moment. As soon as he felt sure that the memory of the dream was not evaporating, he smiled and hugged Eve. Then he told her his dream with every detail in tact.
A pair of gentle hands were pressing and shaking his shoulders, he was being wakened from a deep slumber by Eve. As his eyes gradually cracked open, he became aware that he was at the City Park. Apparently, he had drifted off into a magical dream world while sitting with his back buttressed against a young oak tree.
Eve apologized for being late and asked if he was okay. She was concerned because he had a strange, far-away look on his face. He was now visibly starting to get irritated ... he was feverishly trying to concentrate and remember every detail of the dream from which he just got yanked. Indelicately, he put an index finger to his lips to indicate that he needed a quiet moment. As soon as he felt sure that the memory of the dream was not evaporating, he smiled and hugged Eve. Then he told her his dream with every detail in tact.
- "What do you think it all meant?" Zach asked.
- "Why it is all so obvious, isn't it?" Eve replied.
- "Why it is all so obvious, isn't it?" Eve replied.
She continued, "The whole thing is just one big metaphor for the current state of affairs. Almost everything in your dream can be ascribed to things, to people, and to events in our life."
Zach looked mystified. He wasn't sure what Eve was talking about. It was clearly up to her to clear the cobwebs off his brain. That seemed to be the norm these days ... men were getting doltier and doltier by the day!
"Think about it ... you being stuck, having a lead foot. That's where we are politically today, ... stuck, mired, so to speak, and in a hopeless situation. And the three little girls wearing three different colored blouses ... blue is for fear, green for greed, and red is definitely for hate. Fear, Greed, and Hate! .... And we know who the fat old man with yellow hair is, don't we? And the witch is, of-course, snarky old FOX-News!"
- "So, Eve, what do you think? Do we stand any chance of extricating ourselves from this mess?"
- "Well sure, Zach darling. All you need is smarts ... and we can provide you that too!" She laughed.
[... to be continued! ...]
Zach looked mystified. He wasn't sure what Eve was talking about. It was clearly up to her to clear the cobwebs off his brain. That seemed to be the norm these days ... men were getting doltier and doltier by the day!
"Think about it ... you being stuck, having a lead foot. That's where we are politically today, ... stuck, mired, so to speak, and in a hopeless situation. And the three little girls wearing three different colored blouses ... blue is for fear, green for greed, and red is definitely for hate. Fear, Greed, and Hate! .... And we know who the fat old man with yellow hair is, don't we? And the witch is, of-course, snarky old FOX-News!"
- "So, Eve, what do you think? Do we stand any chance of extricating ourselves from this mess?"
- "Well sure, Zach darling. All you need is smarts ... and we can provide you that too!" She laughed.
[... to be continued! ...]
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*Inspired by a dream I had on 11/15/17
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