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Newest Reality

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4. Here I am...
Sat May 16, 2020, 03:01 PM
May 2020

Here I am, watching TV and feeling totally flummoxed. It appears that aliens have landed for real this time. I gulp, take a slug of water, and say to myself, "There they are!" My gaze is transfixed. I wonder if I have been inside by myself too long.

They landed only an hour ago, completely unmoved and unscathed by any attempt to restrict them as walked directly into the White House, literally freezing all the Secret Service men in their tracks. I watched the cell phone videos of them trying to pull their feet up from the ground. It seems like they knew exactly where the President was hiding. The Secret Service had not been able to get him out with the alien vessel so close, the report is saying.

Now, the aliens are standing with Trump in the Rose Garden. The leader has commanded Trump to get on his knees, bow, and repeat certain phrases with the option of being euthanized if he does not wish to comply. It looks like Trump is very having a hard time with this, but he is is wearing his fear like a suit. I expect tears to come out of his eyes, as he bows and repeats the words. The effort is making him pant and moan. "You are the Masters. I am weak and I bow to you. I am nothing but a liar, cheat, fraud. I hate, loath and despise my base."

I am guessing at this point that the aliens knew Donald J. Trump well and had been watching our politics with a keen eye. An announcer breaks in and says that the aliens will have the President read a speech they have prepared that will be addressed to the global community....

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Totally agree! CrispyQ May 2020 #1
Except for Charles Dickens leftieNanner May 2020 #3
You are right. CrispyQ May 2020 #8
I couldn't finish the first Harry Potter until after I saw the movie. 3catwoman3 May 2020 #10
I have definitely gotten more selective with my reading choices leftieNanner May 2020 #11
I, too, am a re-reader. I know a lot of people think that is... 3catwoman3 May 2020 #13
OH! Winds of War and War and Remembrance!! leftieNanner May 2020 #14
I rewatch The American President when... 3catwoman3 May 2020 #15
I need to read them again leftieNanner May 2020 #16
I also love to re-read books... Amy-Strange May 2020 #20
I'm not a speed reader, but a relatively fast reader. 3catwoman3 May 2020 #22
I've also found that the second time around is a better read... Amy-Strange May 2020 #23
I'm a 50 pager as well. bif May 2020 #19
Do you read anthologies? Amy-Strange May 2020 #25
You mean like this sort of thing? mr_lebowski May 2020 #2
Yes, that's what I mean. Nt raccoon May 2020 #5
I would say when it's written in present tense ... then it's basically a play. mr_lebowski May 2020 #7
Here I am... Newest Reality May 2020 #4
You grabbed me! Nt raccoon May 2020 #6
I'd pay money to read the rest of that story... Amy-Strange May 2020 #24
Well, the author probably had a very good reason for using that perspective PJMcK May 2020 #9
I likewise cannot abide books written in the present tense. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2020 #12
"Immediacy to the action" The King of Prussia May 2020 #17
Excellent point. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2020 #18
It's a personal choice for sure... Amy-Strange May 2020 #21
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