Just a Little

Abode Firefly

Just so you are aware, I am currently prescribed eighteen different pills of which I take twenty-seven of them each day. That adds up to 810 pills a month. Damn! What is even funnier is that I used to take more than this. But that also does not include the numerous iron infusions, three heart procedures, stents, and my new defibrillator implant I have.

That is a lot of money, time, and energy spent just to keep an Insignificant fat man from Savannah, Georgia alive. I mean if I were a soldier or great statesperson that is one thing. But damn if you clearly look over my contributions, I am nothing more than a drain on society….Right? Based on Ms. Rand’s way of thinking, I am nothing more than a Moocher.

So why doesn’t society not overwhelmingly follow her way of thinking? Why aren’t the elderly and disabled people eliminated so resources aren’t wasted on them? Why can’t we just enslave debtors and those we deem as others into enslavement camps to pay their debts and benefit society?

I woke up this morning feeling sorry for myself. Thinking I have no real skills of value, like I did as a younger man. With my only contribution being I gave life to three out of four productive members of society. Why should I have been chosen to be kept alive? Sadly, the country and the world as a whole are aiming towards such a so-called utopia. And it seems like at least in America we are perfectly fine with that. Just as long as “The Others” go down with us.

It troubles my already damaged heart to see and hear the indifference in peoples voices. How they gladly accept a lie when right outside their window they know better. But just as a dear friend once said, “Not my Mexicans!.” The selfishness in such statements shocks me. The old saying, “My four and no More,” goes against the very teachings of most religious beliefs. So as we sit here, I hope my words stab at your conscience…. just a little.