Distracted Masses Vol. 1 Issue #3 1 | Page 28

A Night(mare) Out in Burque One day there was this young man who wanted to have fun, He took the bus and rode alone among a family of one, A community of people, unique individuals, a crowd to talk with, Heading downtown to meet more great humans, To watch a show, to dance, to groove, and feel the rhythm of life. How could they be so stupid, To just misplace they’re mistaken identity? Probably wondering how he can even be remembering. With that blow to the head or the memory loss drugs he was given. He gets to this place and starts to mingle, All over he meets nothing but wonderful people, He buys a drink, takes a seat, and waits for the show to begin. Nothing wrong with this picture, no vice at all, wouldn’t even call it a sin. But to his dismay, three cops appear. But this young man, he still has no fear. He’s done nothing wrong and wonders why the cops are here. He offers them a seat, and they start to come near. But then BOOM! Lights out - the cops did something to this man. He awakes far away walking down the street. Wondering where his memory is, why the sun is about to rise. He steps into a 7-11 and buys a pack of smokes. The clerk asks, “What happened to your head?” The man realizes he’s bleeding, but thinks he must already be dead. Shaped like a bullet wound - blood oozing out. He must’ve been shot and woke up in hell. But no, wait! Don’t jump to conclusions. This man is still alive and actually feeling quite well. Bits of memory are recalled as he walks his ass home. Soon he realizes he was only assaulted, it wasn’t a bullet to the dome. Now he feels even better, he remembers a face. An older white male wearing a badge. He remembers the words Imbibe, but he doesn’t know of the place. Looks on the computer and starts to figure stuff out. These snarky pigs made a mistake! They were there to retaliate. But they got the wrong guy, it wasn’t the one they were after. Now this man has to control his laughter. [11] Now this man doesn’t mind the beating, the cops are forgiven. But he’d like his phone back. Wondering if any one can help him to retrace and track. Could even matchup spacetimes’ of the phone and those of potential attackers. To do this he even thought of recruiting some hackers. But instead he’s turned back to the law, Asking wouldn’t the cops prosecute if they were also beaten? Or would they just retaliate because the law’s just not speaking?