#296 Future Emergencies- Nicole Krauss
The city has announced an impending threat to public health,
and every citizen is required to pick up a gas mask for protection. When such a
threat is imminent, people feel danger everywhere.
“A week earlier the clocks had been turned back…I always
feel a little pang of hurt that first day when darkness fall without warning.
It’s the slight sickening feeling of being reminded of the reckless authority
of time, of losing your bearings in a words who’s dimensions you thought you’d
learn to live with.”
The world is a dangerous place, and it seems like these
types of threats are more and more likely. Was the threat a coming apocalypse?
Or, was it “a necessary scourge, natural or manmade, that comes through
periodically to control the population.”
Either way, we find our solace and comfort wherever we can:
“I have the feeling then that Victor is standing between me and some distant
harm, and that his presence is what shields me from it.”
We sometimes forget that the world was always a dangerous
place, and by looking into the past, we may find comfort or protection from the
dangers of now.
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