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I had a dream I walked the earth above my head the sky was black dark clouds rained down sheets of blood red paper a propagandic message announcing a warning to the good citizens of this country "CITIZENS, AS YOUR GOVERNMENT WE MUST INFORM YOU OF AN EVIL. AN EVIL THAT WEARS A MASK OF GOODNESS AND CARING. THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE OPPRESSED AND WITHOUT FREEDOM. THAT YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER YOUR OWN LIVES. THAT YOU ARE BEING LIED TO AND DECEIVED. AS YOUR GOVERNMENT, WE MUST PROTECT YOU FROM THIS, FOR YOUR OWN GOOD. WE MUST STOP THIS DEADLY SCOURGE THAT IS SPREADING DISCORD AMONG YOU. WE MUST TAKE DRASTIC MEASURES AGAINST THE THREAT THAT IS INFILTRATING OUR GOOD PEOPLE. AS YOUR GOVERNMENT, WE ASK YOU TO TRUST US TO DO WHAT WE FEEL IS IN YOUR BEST INTEREST. AS A NATION, TRUST THAT WE WILL STAMP OUT THIS EVIL THAT THREATENS THE VERY SAFETY AND INTEGRITY OF EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD OF THIS GREAT NATION WHILE USING EXCESSIVE ACTS OF VIGILANTISM AND TERRORISM UNDER A GUISE OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISM. WE WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS. WE WILL TAKE NO PRISONERS" Contemplating the message to these supposedly free people I stood gazing at a sun made dark from billowous black clouds of a fire long ago extinguished THE HEARTS FIRE I bowed my head walking the streets of this once great country shuffling my feet through litter under the guise of peoples dreams the stench of lies assailing my nostrils made me wretch. I saw crowds of faces, soot blackened with hidden truths they would never dare say out loud They're eyes devoid of the dignity that is the God given right of every human. The dignity that comes from having the choice and free will to decide for ourselves what is in our own best interest. I walk past a college where the only light that can be seen comes from computers, the screens flashing red, the same thing over and over. OUR GOVERNMENT'S MESSAGE. Walking past homes I see this same message flashing red from televisions thru darkened windows. Who knew how the deprivation of free will could destroy so completely and utterly the things which make us as humans so unique, our minds and the fire in our heart? I drop to my knees, feeling devoid of my humanity, tears of the forlorn dripping off my face, hitting the dead lawn, puddling a florescent white in the shape of faces. A glimmer of hope instantly hit me behind my eyes, sparkling in the form of these same Iridescent faces. It felt as if I've known these faces my entire life. Though I know not from where, nor why, nor how. I lift my head to the sky and wake from my dream. Thank God it was only a dream. Or was it? I sit up on the bed and to my surprise these same florescent sparks from my dream shoot in front of my eyes. As my eyes clear, I realize, these white flashes are coming from my computer screen, and a person in a white mask is sending out their own message of hope and promises of freedom to the people of this great nation. The message? OUR FREEDOM IS NOT FOR SALE KNOWLEDGE IS FREE WE ARE ANONYMOUS WE ARE LEGION WE DO NOT FORGIVE WE DO NOT FORGET EXPECT US WE WILL PROTECT YOUR FUTURE And I smiled
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