Guest Writer: Red Lori Bright Eyes, @RedloraineV via Twitter

Yes children, it was an amazing life. Why, I had what would be considered today a mansion but then it was just a 2-bedroom apartment. For two people… let me see, 1, 2…,why we had 5 different spouts where water came out. 2 different kinds! 1 just for drinking

And we weren’t even rich. We were what you called lower middle class.

Huh?

Oh, well it just means we had enough to, well for instance we had 4 cats, & fed them meat 2 or 3 times every day & sometimes we had enough extra money we could go out & pay people to make us amazing food.

They called it a buffet. You could eat everything you could think of.

What’s that?

Oh, well I guess they didn’t do anything to stop it because the people in charge made money off of it. They kept going the same old ways. Fishing & tossing away 80%of a catch.

Fishing?

Oh well fish… well a long time ago, before the oceans went sour there were all kinds of amazing creatures that lived in every nook & cranny of it. Well, all kinds really, yes, they breathed under water & see people caught them & some of them even looked like plants & flowers.

Flowers?

Oh well that’s another thing all together. Flowers were these soft plants that fanned open & had pollen or nectar in the center. They had all these bright colors & some smelled like heaven. Sometimes, bees would make honey out of a certain flower & it’d make orange honey

Wine was so wonderful. It was sweet & sour & tangy & dry at the same time. But you wouldn’t have been allowed to have any.

Why?

Well because it had alcohol in it & only adults were allowed. Today it takes too much water to waste on alcohol so there isn’t any.

Oh what was it like?

Well.

Remember that one time you snuck up outside? & when you got out there the sun & the air made you feel dizzy & you lost your balance? & you fell down & we had to come out & carry you inside? & how the day after you were so sick that you threw up your days’ ration?

Well it was kinda like that.

Oh?

Well I think it was easier for people to drink & pretend everything was going to be ok than it was to change things.

I guess.

I just wish we’d had enough people who cared.

Maybe so many wouldn’t have died in the collapse.

[Kiss] Goodnight children

Adding, my family has been vegetarian since 2003. I live 2 miles from my job. I don’t use disposable products. I use cloth instead of paper. Vinegar to clean. What can you do?