Luz last night the hellioned beast raised its ugly head in NewCago.
The gangs have unleashed their secret weapon.
They circled the opportunity like a predator for months
Fires are burning all over NewCago and there are just too few good people to put them out.
Those who had a job have one no longer.
Most have lost their meager possessions.
Young men are empowered with hatred.
The police are behind their iron clad doors.
Leaders had their speeches prepared in advance.
Hearts have gone AWOL.
…and if I don’t find a way to extinguish these flames, NewCago will be nothing but ashes.
“Life in NewCago” is a fictional series. The protagonist, Sam, is trying to restore a city run by gangsters and most of the people helping Sam are dead. There’s not much a single individual can do to put out the flames even if he can’t be killed.
Baltimore, a city that I love dearly, is in a shambles today. Fortunately, there are community heroes who are trying to calm the heat. May those who care about their city prevail.
This is a rather sobering post for the letter X. I want to thank the A to Z Challenge coordinators for this month of blogging.
Photography: Baltimore by L. Moon
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penned in moon dust 
As the poet has said…”What happens to a raisin in the sun?…”
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And the search for the answer continues…
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Sad about Baltimore, but then sad about so many beautiful places: where is our world going Leslie? Yes a good challenge, still searching for a good final “Z”!
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I agree tears should be shed for the loss of reason and the people who suffer from tyranny.
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So many better ways to vent, A vigil or a memorial but this? Is seriously too much
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sadly many in the city were in the state of a vigil. Opportunists lurk…
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This is very true, there’s always some just looking for the chance to act stupid, sorry to be so blunt
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Blunt is sometimes necessary…
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Frustration… beckons the lack of civil reasoning.
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I can almost hear the cry of frustration as men and women sweep progress into bins
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How horrible they have all tuned on each other . I just dropped by from the challenge to say hello . Unfortunately, I haven’t read the beginning of your series but clearly he must find a way to extinguish the fires or else there won’t be a thing or anyone left in his civilization. Nice writing
Melissa Sugar
Twitter @msugar13
http://fictiontoolbox.blogspot.com
Sugarlaw13@live.com
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Thnaks Melissa – the series was written so A to Z visitors could read it as a stand alone. I didnt have an X written so it was sadly inspired by the situation in a city I love.
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It was horrible seeing the Baltimore news last night, especially the live shots of the destruction. Hopefully, the healing will begin. As M. L. King said “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
Thanks for stopping by my blog-somersethouse.me!
My Z day will include an interview with author Gillian Larkin from the UK.
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Too bad Martin Luther King cant be in Baltimore to share his wise counsel.
Thanks for your visit – great to meet you
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Ah. Timely post which resonated…
My end of the globe has xenophobia rearing its ugly head… 😦
Beautiful writing… 🙂
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