And still seething
I haven’t written anything for Medium in a little over a year. Why? …we had a tragedy of an election that left me stunned at the ignorance of so many of my fellow countrymen and women. I was angry, sickened, disgusted, numb, incredulous. With all the raging emotions, I lost my energy and frightened my Muse into the shadows.
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Her place was soon filled by a devilish sprite, who knew exactly the right words needed for proper venting. So, yes, the air around me became a constant bluish-purple. It got so bad that drunken sailors began bowing down to my supremely extreme language. (Well, I’m sure they would have if any had been in the vicinity.)
Once the mental numbness began to pass, my spitting and sputtering had to go somewhere. So I switched to an old habit of writing letters to the editors (LTTE) of various papers, along with politicians. I spew my venom, then edit the daylights out of the invective before sending it on. (It kills me to soften my words, but it’s one of those things that must be done.)
Some of my LTTE have been published, but I never hear back from the politicians. The reason I don’t get responses is because these particular politicians are Republicans, and though I’m polite I do not agree with their idiocy.
Fair warning: Politics may play a large part of my writing from now on.
