copyright © 2025 by Robert L. Blau
I look out on the rotting ruins of the earth. And all I can feel is ... proud. Because I did that!
Ok, I had some help. Especially on climate change. That was practially everybody. But I led the charge on quashing renewable energy. And stifling electrical vehicles!
They said I was on the wrong side of history. History! Phooey! I spit on history! I rewrite history! You want historical? Well, I brought down the longest lasting democracy in the history of this ... now charred ... world! Who else can say that? No one, that's who!
"Hee! Hee!"
Ah! Here's my bosom buddy Vlad! Hi, there, Vlad. Am I, or am I not, on the right side of history?
"Right side, of course. Hee! Hee! Extreme right."
You bet!
"Of course, there's no more history now. Hee! Hee!"
Say, Vlad! What's going on with your head? Never noticed those ... horns, are they? ... before.
"Always been there, duckie! You just never noticed."
And a tail???
"Oh, yes. Cloven hooves, too! Hee! Hee!"
What does all this mean?
"It means you're stuck here with me forever. It's your history."