8,110,424,013 people woke up having dreamed the same dream. Visions of socks, a snowstorm, and chicken manure. Finally, our climate crisis had a solution.
All but one person forgot.
Saving the world was within reach, yet the dreamer crossed that snowy rural highway. The whole world felt those headlights burn.
JR Walsh is the Online Editor at The Citron Review. He teaches creative writing at SUNY Oswego. Find his writing on itsjrwalsh.com.
Good one…and then….but for that one…infinite silence…far beyond a joyous rumpus!
Love it!
Thanks so much, Deborah and Barb!
This is the best 50-word story I’ve had the pleasure of reading this year.
I appreciate those kind words!