Under My Skin

I don’t know what it is these days . . . Everywhere I looked I saw red. For years I thought I had anger issues . . . I thought I was a hater . . . I thought it was my fault. After many years of therapy, and being shuffled around – a lot – I had come to realize that this was the view I was born with . . . no it wasn’t a metaphor. I literally saw red. Then one day I felt different . . . like today would be different. Suddenly I find myself being yanked from my world. I’m seeing everything but red. I have no idea what’s going on. I seem to have been isolated or selected as someone with a special mission. Then it happened . . . a last of black sharpie ink right across my face.

I’ve heard about this, but I thought it was an urban legend . . . turns out it’s true. I had become part of outer space – a place that I thought was only part of some story to keep us in line. I had become the super star in a thing known as “card trick.” this is very exciting. However, we’ve been taught from our youth that this phenomenon of “card trick” can only end in one of two ways . . . you are the superstar who returns with amazing war stories . . . or you die. Today could be my lucky day . . . or not. Suddenly I found myself shuffled around again. Then it happened . . . a strange sensation like a growth in my back . . . something suddenly appeared Under My Skin. I have no idea what it is.

Wait . . . I’m being removed again. I’m seeing the world again . . . and I’m starting to feel a splitting pain in my head . . . I’m being torn in half. Someone is trying to remove this growth Under My Skin. What a strange sensation . . . I can now see my own back. AHHHHHHHHHH! It’s Red!!!!!!!! I see red again. Now I understand why all  my life I’ve seen red. It is the fate of my people . . . those of Bicycle Village . . . we are all red. I get it now. I’ve spent my life wondering if there was meaning in all of this, and now as I breath my last breath . . . I have discovered the truth . . . the purpose of life . . . why we exist, and now as I leave this world, I share it with you. The answer is