So today I decided to take in some culture and attend a book signing. I didn’t know much about it, but apparently the author was a lady whose family was murdered (she claims) by a man who (allegedly) stalked her and broke into her home (according to her), and she survived the (supposed) attack.
Naturally, I was interested, being a fellow marginalised person at risk of lethal violence. But she narrow-mindedly only talked about her experience, and the experiences of other non-violent survivors of murder attempts!
I couldn’t take it any more. I stood up and said, “I have a suggestion! You haven’t even mentioned hitmen. We face murder attempts more often, we are threatened more often. I have been followed, you know!”
She said, “So have I, the book’s about a stalker who tried to kill me. It’s the same, you’re a part of that too.”
Well, hearing her dismiss me by not centring me, I’m afraid the familiar red mist descended, and
I found myself screaming “Hitmen are in prisons! And what have you done for them?”
Before I could say anything else, I was frogmarched from the premises, in a clear violation of my human rights to talk over attempted murder victims about murders. They don’t know the first thing about murders!
Anyway, I’m sorry I got quite so emotional and expressed myself rather poorly. I’m usually more of a “cold blood” sort of chap.
But I’ll get over it. I’m doing a string of killings for a client this week, that’ll cheer me up.
😌