War and Finding Shelter

In my dream last night the world was at war. There was a constant state of crisis and all citizens had been thoroughly briefed. There was a chemical weapon that looked like sparkling gold specks that dropped from the sky. When we heard the warning we had to gather up the family and neighbors into the most air tight room we could find and wait for the all clear.

One afternoon the alarm sounded. I was at the Cowper street house and we had a shelter in the basement.

My heart pounded and I began rushing around hurrying people. "Come now!" I cried. But they delayed. Children in the swimming pool didn't believe anything could happen on a sunny day. Men walking home for work were skeptical of the need to rush.

I cried and pushed and pulled and got so many of my family into the shelter just as the golden dust began to fall. At first it looked harmless those who were too slow were slowly covered with the dust, but it was already too late for them they fell at the doorstep and we shut the door on them. It was agonizing to shut the door on those whom I loved but they were lost.

The next time the alarm went off when I was at work. We had a long advance warning, but the buildings at work were full of windows and sealing everything up seemed impossible. I was running from room to room closing windows, checking behind curtains, trying to be sure we were all safe and secure. It seemed endless, all the rooms at work I had never seen.

The last time the alarm went off we were at Claude and Judy's house on Rumsey street. It was dark and the house was dirty and full of junk. Everyone came right into the house and we went through the now familiar routine of closing windows, but this time the inspectors came. They were intimidating and meant no good.

They were looking to see that we were secure, but also to see if we had any evidence that we were sympathetic to the other side. They found something very suspicious on the dining room table, a home made computer and radio transmitter with a very cool holographic screen. "What is this!" they demanded.

"It's nothing! My father built it for his own amusement." I said. "He only had a high school education."

"Hmm." They replied, but I could see they were impressed.

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