November 4, 2024 (Monday morning – gray/mizzly/chance of snow … and destruction)
I feel sick. Anxious. I can’t sleep. My stomach is doing better flips than I did as a cheerleader in high school. Triple ones – I never did that. Broke my body before that ever happened.
I feel like I’m waiting for a baby to be born … will it be viable, healthy, burbling with joy? Or will it, as the ultrasound suggests … come out with horns, a pointy tail and be pure evil?
We will find out (sometime) this week. Unless this election is a landslide (either way) we probably won’t know the outcome for a few days … if then. Or you know who will throw us into some form of turmoiled chaos and extreme events will happen. More Tums for me.
“On the Eve of Destruction” is a protest song which was released in 1965 (I was still playing with Barbie’s) written by P.F. Sloan but sung by Barrie McGuire. McGuire was associated with The Mamas & the Papas and The New Christy Minstrels during his career. You may remember him/or not – I don’t remember him but I do remember the song – sung with such grit. I was thinking of this song this morning and thought I’d look it up. The bio for McG says he lives in Oklahoma City … and oddly, on this Election Eve, destruction came to OK in the form of damaging tornados. Hope he is okay. Kind of creepy how some things come full circle.
If you’re not familiar with the song – google it. I’m not a conspiracy theorist but these past few months (years) have left me with an increasing feeling/sense of dread … and god, I hope I’m wrong … but the song rings true to how I’m feeling. Here’s an excerpt …
“Yeah, my blood’s so mad, feels like coagulatin’
I’m sittin’ here just contemplatin’
I can’t twist the truth, it knows no regulation
Handful of senators don’t pass legislation
And marches alone can’t bring integration
When human respect is disintegratin’
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'”
And so we are here … on the eve of … WHAT exactly? Hopefully NOT destruction but I guess we’ll find out. I, along with almost everyone I know, am hoping for a beautiful, laughing, healthy and joyful outcome! (If so – party at my house!)