Tales from 2020: Makes You Think

Morning. March 9, 2020. Three days before Virginia declares a State of Emergency.

“Things are gonna get bad.”

“Yessir.”

“You hear what they want to do? Strand all those people on that ship.”

“The cruise ships? I mean…”

“Yeah. Now how they gonna do that in the land of the free? It all started with the Patriot Act, you remember that?”

“Yeah, I’m not a big fan of that law…”

“Real Americans aren’t. But this corona? It’s only going to get worse. What else can they take from us? You gotta look at who benefits…”

“V. I., Vladimir…”

“They’re already talking about a Corona Patriot Act. Imagine what they’re going to try to do to us? How’s that gonna work? How’s they gonna stop us from going to Home Depot?”

He points to the clear sky and green fields to the east. He then points to the moon above.

“They say the moon’s thousands and thousands of miles away, right? NASA, all these smart people. Thousands and thousands of miles. Ok? The shadow’s only 70 miles wide. Think about that. Shadows can only be bigger, not smaller. I went to school, you went to school, we all know this. So how’s the moon’s shadow only 70 miles wide?”

“Well, I think that…”

“Now you take water and it’s always flat. Always. It’s how we level everything, how we build houses. Always level. NASA…