fear in the morning

fear in the morning

fiction
Edward w Pritchard

Our ancestors knew fear. Famine, thirst, hyperthermia, violence and sudden death were their fears in the morning.

What of America? Can we insure, vaccinate and target bomb away all of our fears? Yes, domestically if we become educated in math and science, lose twenty pounds, practice aerobics, take our medications, save for retirement,  vote, read a daily newspaper, insure our possessions and arm our burglar alarms. But, can we tame our fears beyond our borders?

America manipulates the money supply and fortifies the dollar to secure our Homeland. We arm  ourselves at home with handguns against our neighbors and our family members. We send unmanned mechanical drones to seek and liquidate our enemies half a world away. We send soldiers to fight the invisible virus Ebola in Africa.

Thousands of agents in the field gather intelligence throughout the world and send it to Washington to be misinterpreted. Our gargantuan ships cruise the worlds waterways and our planes fly high above schools and hospitals in foreign lands.

First to fight America confronts the tremendous risks and complications of a world with too many people, not enough brotherhood, and no benign equivalent between the invisible enemies.