Saturday, December 7, 2024

Bored with Earth and the Internet? Talk to Elders.

 

Illiad Homer Above, Homer Simpson Below.

Oral history comes from a mouth or audio speakers, or mysteriously through the airwaves. Beamed into your skull is the new driver. Was Iliona mad at Paris for stealing Helen? I'm sorry I need to reread the illiad and search for your name. I've read the illiad twice and been published in modern day Turkey once. I realize the ruins have been discovered. Aeneis insists the Trojans found a new home. Mare Nostrum? The Mediterranean diet is supposed to be amongst the healthiest in the world. I have the stories, but am too distant and financially insecure to swim in the waters like a Vrai Jacques Cousteau.

Where I live. I am rich with water. But it isn't salt water. They want me gone because I defend home. I'm still an environmentalist. Because Earth is the only home I will ever have. If others want to drink toxic pollution I can't stop them. Chug those forever chemistries. Just don't expect the Mayo clinic to dig out all your bad decisions. Prevention and a little knowledge go a long way.

There are known carcinogens in the environment. We eat them daily. All chemy all the time. I'm aware but attempt to avoid over worrying. We all die someday. But I know enough to avoid asbestos and a few other toxic substances. Do you? We could go to Hades in every religion, but I hear Notre Dame is almost restored. Did they use asbestos? Should I care if it is historically accurate? I'm not the building inspector and I've already met Paris.




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