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Susan Kirkpatrick's avatar

So true, so scary, so sad.

Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

I’ve noticed an uptick of these kind of incidents lately. But this was the worst so far.

Carole Roseland's avatar

Yet they are the ones saying everyone else is diseased. I think that's called projection. These are trying times, indeed!

Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

I keep thinking about that phrase many people are using right now: “Every [MAGA] accusation is a confession.” Projection indeed!

Michael Drummond's avatar

What an adventure that was! I'd love to hear a collection of these or something like that.

Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

Thank you, Michael. It still makes my heart race a little to think about it.

Thomas Rist's avatar

Crystallises something: a moment. Yes!

Judith Silver's avatar

Highly sensitive person that you are and to witness up close the unhinging of our world and write about it is amazing.

Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

Thank you, Mom. It was so unsettling.

Donald Bradford's avatar

You made me lift my eyes to my surroundings. Our safe places are are being invaded. I am confused how I failed to notice how so many people in my world held hateful thoughts about my beliefs. The shattering glass and fire is so close . Thank you for the awakening. Damn it, you are good.

Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

Such a compliment, Donald. Thank you so much.

Ann Collins's avatar

How frightening. What's happening now sounds like brainwashing.

Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

That was exactly my thought. The aftermath of this whole incident was way more frightening than the incident itself.

Carole Roseland's avatar

This isn't just happening in thrift stores. So what broke?

Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

I actually never saw what physically broke. Whatever it was, I figured it had a long range of shards and I would only be in the way.

I remember outbreaks of anger like this in stores during the rise of the pandemic. Devotion to this president is another disease.

Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

I actually never saw what physically broke. Whatever it was, I figured it had a long range of shards and I would only be in the way.

I remember outbreaks of anger like this in stores during the rise of the pandemic. Devotion to this president is another disease.

Abigail's avatar

Oh my goodness this is so sad. I was sucked into the story and forgot to wonder when the campfire was coming in, and then there it was. I could feel the dizzying unreality of it all.

Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

Thank you, Abigail. It still makes me dizzy to think about.

Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

Thanks, Dan. I really wanted to grab it in a poem before it escaped.