Before I Forget

 

I forgot again to write this morning. It seems this habit has not yet become sticky. How long does it take for a thing to become a habit? Some things are perhaps slower than others. At least logically it would appear to be the case. For some reason the period of 14-days comes to mind, or is it 28? No, that's a zombie movie. Come to think of it, that was a pretty good zombie movie. Recently a new piece of the trilogy came out, but I haven't seen it, so who knows what's become of the franchise. 

Why do we have to franchise everything? Culturally we have a hard time letting go and allowing things to die. I blame Jesus. He got us hooked on this whole resurrection thing. I'm kidding, I know it's not his fault. The story of the phoenix rising up from the ashes I'm sure predates our friend JC. Even in ancient Egyptian mythology there's the story of Isis and Osiris, who, at the hand of his brother, gets fratricided and dismembered. But even he (unlike Humpty Dumpty) gets put back together again.

On the topic of death and dismemberment, I can't help thinking of the recent live-streamed executions from the streets of Minneapolis in the United States. I'd like to write a full-length post about my feelings here—just to get them organized and put on paper (for future incrimination)—but I don't have time before we eat dinner here. Hopefully tomorrow. The short of it though, is that now white folks are facing the same savage state-sanctioned brutality and wrongful deaths that black and brown people have been experiencing for centuries. Watching the events unfold from afar I feel like the United States has descended into an Orwellian version of early 1930's Germany. Things are fucking grim. Not just in terms of the death and militarism and violence, or the violation of protections granted by the Constitution, but the requisite cruelty of the ICE agents, some of whom are descendants of immigrant families themselves.

What kind of rage and impotence must be lurking in the hearts of middle-aged men in America that makes them so capable of dehumanizing their fellow citizens? 

More on that tomorrow.