she had survived 911…homelessness….bouts of paranoia…failed relationships…and America…

used to talk for hours of past loves…past lives…political leanings…and Protestant beliefs…she had her views…and I had mine…

a world where anything is possible and the terror in that…,Anyone can know anything about you at any given time,she said, And they do, her eyes grew wild…

They have files on all of us, her thin lips whispered, They’re just waiting…

For what?, I asked, For who?, she looked away…over one shoulder…then the other at these questions…

For all on the lists…every single last one…I’m on a list…you’re on a list…this world is on a list…shhhhh……,she put her finger to my mouth, shhhhh

You must warn the others, another whisper, Tell them….tell them they’re coming…it’ll be too late for me….shhhh

and with that she was gone….I miss her….