the imagination of all evil
"The Imagination of All Evil," July 3, 2022 (#184)
title from "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James (1898)
Babylon and Other Stories by Alix Ohlin (2006)
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank (1959)
Mad Men 1.6, "Babylon" (August 23, 2007)
last line from "Babylon" by Don McLean (1971)
The Imagination of All Evil
A siren, maybe a fire engine's, bubbling and boiling. It came
and screeched like she'd been hit by a scorpion. She made me go:
Well, look who's here: A couple of angels. Do we have
none of the contention or excitement that echoed through
when you can hear them floating around like that, high, you know?
All right. I have to make a couple phone calls. Let's pick this
something about her, some dim, pale radiance, that made her
spoil for another twenty-four hours. I'm going to salvage what
is considering becoming a client, and I'm having a hard time
for burning my toys. I've never been so mad in my whole life
and after a time located the pulse. It was faint, uneven, and rapid
to avoid being blinded by the earnestness. Actually, she really--
we lay down and wept. And wept. For thee Zion.
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