Dead

As I was walking towards home, I looked at the man who was driving in the snow instead of on the cleared road. As he came to a stop, unable to go any further, I turned back. I walked toward him and looked into his eyes to see if he was ok. He raised a gun and said, “Don’t give me any shit,” and shot. I felt the bullet go straight through my heart. I said, “I’m dead.” The onlookers went back to what they were doing. I gasped for air and said, “I’m dead. I’m dead.” I don’t think they heard me. “I’m dead.”

Perception

It seems like a week ago I saw something as especially desirable and unquestionably something I could not live without. Today I look again at the same “thing” and see nothing special at all. “It’s” actually starting to seem repugnant to me.  Isn’t  it intriguing how our brain can “fix” something like that to aide in our survival?