June 2019 Blog
We
(as in me, myself and I) are marching to Dysphoria.
Central Casting: A Haiku
by Ann Wilmer-Lasky
As a dysphoric
Living in a dystopic
World, I am well cast.
Yet, I am also type-cast. Life runs in cycles. I wrote the
following sometime earlier this year. Not sure when. I don’t always date
things. I guess I should.
Banner: Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here
Welcome to Dysphonia-wherein my deepest, darkest thoughts lie.
Please do not read if you are looking for hope.
There is none here. No cute puppy pictures here or uplifting slogans.
Only dark matter fueled by the emptiness of space and the darkness of spirit
not born of evil, but of gloom.
Seems I’ve cycled back to that time. Nothing bad has happened.
Nothing good, either, except that I am older and closer to finality.
It would appear my “Seasons of Sam Rock” audio book will not
be done anytime soon, but I am pursuing other avenues to get some of my other
novels produced for audio. So the avenue is not totally closed to me.
My writing on “Chronicles of Acqueria: The Early Years” has
ground to a halt, as has the gathering of Haiku for my “Life’s Lemons and
Lemonade: Global Warning”.
I need to get working on both of them again as I am happiest
when I am creating, however happy that may be.
I’ve pretty much given up on any change of political climate
any time soon (hence, the “Marching to Dysphoria”). I would like to think we
deserve better than we have gotten lately, but have to admit that we have done
this to ourselves (even if we had a little help from our enemies).
I don’t see anything better happening in my lifetime, and
that in itself is depressing. It would appear we are heading for that Dystopia
that so many sci-fi authors have warned us of in countless sci-fi novels over
seemingly countless years.
In general, we are an unhappy lot living in a disparaging
and discouraging time. We seem to have abandoned the concept that we are our
brother’s keeper and embraced the concept of might (and money) makes right.
Perhaps if we read more, and what we read was more
uplifting, we would have a better outlook or at least some hope for a better
world to leave for our children.
As it stands, perhaps we should apologize to them for bungling
their futures. At least the futures of those who cannot blast off from this
earth and live on a newly terra-formed planet
until such time as we figure out how to screw that one up, too.
Well, writing this has certainly not improved my mood, nor
am I now tempted to write something uplifting. Time for some more horror. I can
really get into that when I’m in this mood. Time to go dive into a good axe
murder like in “Black Oak: Town of Joy” (one of my favorites).
Killing something always seems to bring out the best in me.
Being a horror writer has its advantages.
Hopefully, my mood will swing around this month, and my
thoughts and words will be of accomplishments and triumphs. One can always
hope. As Spock said, “There are always possibilities”. Thank you, Gene
Roddenberry. Your genius lives on.
This month I’m feature "Black Oak: Town of Joy" with that woman on
woman axe murder in it. https://tinyurl.com/yaw5roju
My featured poetry for June is my Haiku chapbook for the
writing community, “Life’s Lemons and
Lemonade: A Collection of Haiku, Volume Two: The Write Life”, https://tinyurl.com/ycqtq3mt
Until next time, keep the faith. Keep writing and keep
reading. Enjoy what other universes may make you happy. Perhaps someday, even
this one will match up to our ideals, but I’m still not holding my breath.
Until that time, I welcome your reactions and responses to
any of my blogs. I love to hear from my readers. Also, here are links to my
Twitter and Facebook accounts, if you care to share your thoughts with me
there:
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a link to my Amazon’s Author’s page. Feel free to visit me there also:
