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Miami,
Florida
Michael
Levine
My eyes open in the void of darkness
surrounding me. My naked skin beaded with moisture chills to the bone. The
perfect darkness elicits no sound except my own heartbeat and heavy breathing,
no smells, and except for the company of my own fear, I am alone. From the
darkness comes a light that separates' and splits into innumerable floating
squares. I am watching as they begin to move and oscillate around me, faster
and faster… Reaching out to catch one, my hand is passing through its center
and I see each transparent slip of light is actually a formula or equation. All
of the answers sought by scientists and mathematicians are within my reach, but
I can't grasp one of them! What does this mean and why is it so damn familiar?
So many numbers are passing by me I
can't even focus on one group. Out of the oblivion comes a backdrop to the
equation, photographic flashes of famine and devastation have me struggling not
to close my eyes. The gray and white images of the sunken eyed people are
frightening. Compounding my fears are the visions of the gruesome dry deserted
terrain scattered with animal skeletons. Out of a squint, I look to see man's
greatest fear…Oh God, is it the past or the future? I can't be sure. It reminds
me of photos shot by Rothstein or Lange of the economic disaster during WWII
and the great western droughts. Somehow a part of me knows this is the
foreboding future mankind will face in the wake of the sun's hiatus.
Sickened, giving into the pain, I
double over. Opening my eyes, I recognize the more familiar darkened
surroundings of my bedroom in Miami. I stumble out of bed in an awkward race to
open the blackout drapes covering the French doors. In a state of madness, I
pull them back and breathe a sigh of relief at the sight of the fiery ball
rising above the blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean. I swing open the doors, walk out onto the veranda, and soak in the heat of the rays...
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Nice excerpt, Sammy! Congrats on a new book. Will tweet for you.
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