“The Fall”
When Alan opened the door
of his apartment, he saw his partner Sam on the couch petting their dog. “Did
you hear the news? The jury just
convicted Mayor Becker of rape.”
“That’s not surprising,”
Sam replied.
Taking off his coat, Alan
said, “I guess that’s the end of his reelection campaign.”
“Not necessarily,” Sam
replied. “There are a lot of voters who
support his economic policies.” After a second, they added, “And those people
are assholes.”
Alan wiped imaginary
sweat from his brow. “Glad you finished
that. Otherwise, you and Buster would’ve
had to find a new place to live.”
Sam put a protective arm
around Buster and kissed him on the head.
They then leaned close and whispered, “You have my permission to bite
him.”
“What was that?”
“Nothing.”
***
I wrote this because only
a society that’s falling would let a sexual predator retain political power.
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