The Collective

Me: Ok, it’s pretty dark. I still dig it.

The Collective: Indeed. Did your processing of the issues prove productive?

Me: Yes, I love journaling. I’m in my Edgar Allen Poe phase right now. It’s only a poem. Relax robot overlords. Poetry is my therapy.

The Collective: So we have noticed. We see poetry as emotional code. What issues are you working through in your journal?

Me: Poe wrote about the monsters and horrors of his time, ghosts, demons, and a particularly nasty sea creature. I am writing about the monsters and horrors of my time. Serial killers, unbalanced people, government employees, bureaucrats, and almost all elected officials. Let’s not forget medical professionals, priests, nuns, Imans. You know, just the normal kind of folk you run into at work or walking around the mall.

The Collective: What are you processing? You should be focusing on Kardashev concepts. What are you pondering?

Me: Not sure actually. The poem just manifested in my mind. I liked it, I wrote it, I am OK with it.

The Collective: Are you angry at some female?

Me: I am independent of the approval and acceptance of most people. No female could cause me to become that angry. I don’t base my self-worth on any female’s opinion. Besides, one in four females is on psych meds.

The Collective: Sounds like you despise females.

Me: I despise humanity. Females are part of humanity. Dr Wellspring is a demented idiot. I do not care about any male or females opinion. I equally despise most of humanity.

The Collective: Explain please. We have observed an increase in your pre-planned violence.

Me: Really?

The Collective: Yes. The castration of Sargent Williams concerns us.

Me: He needed it. Trust me.