to be watching Train to Busan
and the Watchmen series,
with their themes of fear of affliction
and the afflicted
and how meek the previously confident
elite
can become in the face of a mortality
that they can't control
(or one of those moments that show the little-to-none they had anyway)
and of world-changing cataclysms
that served as the refocusing agent
some long asked (longed/prayed) for
and whether it will make a difference
Or
if it does, how long it will last
until the previous conceits and fetishes and dalliances
come back again
because memories die with their empires...
Sitting here, this way locking in, for word from a stranger to say,
"You're safe, go back to being essential,"
or
"We're so sorry. Do what you can. Good luck."
