WRITE CLUB: MARTIANS
Write Club is a monthly, literary bloodsport in which contenders face off against each other with 7-minute essays on competing topics. This was the combatant essay for MARTIANS.
Civic Duties / Crisis Actors.
“If somebody points out that a building is on fire, you don’t question their motives for doing so.”
Legal limits.
“An attempt to consolidate the last 24-48 hours of our constitutional crisis within a very specific prism.”
Rabbit Holes and Repeating Patterns.
…I didn’t imagine exactly how far back those roads could have started and how twisted their paths forward may have been.
WRITE CLUB: TEACHER
Write Club is a monthly, literary bloodsport in which contenders face off against each other with 7-minute essays on competing topics. This was the combatant essay for TEACHER.
Differences and indifference.
“This time the discussion seems to move on from the tragedy so quickly that I wonder if there’s something wrong with me for continuing to dwell on it less than a week later.”
Flock mentality.
“I would not trust such voters even if impeachment proceedings do not begin, so I see no reason to listen to their threats about what they will do if impeachment occurs.”
