Thick smoke wakes me in the middle of the night, the house is on fire. I run out, wearing only my robe. It’s five degrees below zero. Twin peril.
There’s an ocean of people outside. Same reality: burning house, murderous frost.
Let’s count us, how many are we?
Eight billion.
John Szamosi is a wordsmith and peace activist who has published over three hundred short stories, satires and poems in print and online magazines.
