Monday, September 20, 2010

The Great Rescue

          After Mrs. Mitty came out of the drugstore, they climbed into their automobile, Walter fastened his seat belt, turned on the windscreen wipers and carefully pulled away from the curb. As they drove out of Waterbury he noticed the whistling wind in the dead of winter of a ferocious tornado coming his way as far as the eyes could see. In the way of the of the terror was a young African American child, who seemed to be unaware of the disasterous event that was soon to happen and he was sure to bite the dust. It was quite improbable that the tornado which was now sprinting towards the two would leave them unscathed because it would cover a lot of ground. Feeling as free as a bird Walter leaped like a frog, picked up the child and dove out of the way of terror still feeling as light as a feather. As the storm started to settle the young boy looked right into the eyes of Mr.Mitty. "Your as strong as an ox and as brave as a lion" said the young boy said. Walter Mitty was a slow as a snail to respond. "What is your name?" Walter said boisterously. "Barack Obama" the child replied in a voice as deep as the sea. Then it hit him. The older the dirt Mr.Mitty just saved the life of the president to come. Timing really is everything Walter thought to himself. Suddenly Mr.Mitty woke up naked as a jailbird in a hospital bed. Calmly Mr.Mitty asked the nurse "What has happened? Why am I in here?" She responded "During your day dream at the wheel of the car, you sent the vehicle flying off the bridge just out of town." Walter was told it was only once in a blue moon when someone survived with injuries a terrible as yours by the doctor. "Where is my wife?" he questioned with his cheeks as red as a beet. "Well she is in a coma." said the nurse. Mr.Mitty rolled over feeling as fresh as a daisy.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Auschwitz

        It was about 2:00 pm August 29th 1942 and the smell of burning flesh was looming in the dense air. I was located in block 33, where I was exiled along with hundreds of other Jews. This was Auschwitz, the network of concentration camps built and operated in the Polish areas annexed by Nazi's and made for only for the purpose of extermination. If a prisoner was physically able to work the would be put the long brutal work days but that was not the case for most. Under order of the demon, Adolf Hitler, all not able to do work would be suffocated by cyanide based pesticide or even eaten by the steaming oven. I considered myself lucky that I was still alive, because I had seen so many others like me killed for no purpose at all. There are so many times I feel like sacrificing myself, and if I could just save one other person in here, I would have made my point. We worked like slave animals, working 12 hour days even in the gloomiest weather. I hadn't seen my parents, brother, or sister in months, and I did not even know if they were still aliove. I have been here to long, seen to much and I've had enough I thought. I had thought about trying to escape since I had gotten here, but that day was my attempt. With smooth, darting motions, I made my way for the main gate. I tackled down the only security guard at the gate, pounced back up with puma like reflexes and opened the gate. Freedom I thought, until a raining of pulsating bullets impaled my skin. There must have been half of the Jews in the camp running for the door. As I lie there, several bullets inside of me, I watched the security guards appear, and rapid fire on the escaping crowd. Then a slim man with a smirk on upon his face approached me with a calm hand, grasping a pistol. Suddenly he forced the gun upon my forehead, and without pause pulled the trigger. My desperate attempt to save a few lives, ended up causing only more mayhem. The sorrow still drifts upon the Auschwitz death camps.