Shadow Puppet Storyteller

Atlantic City coaster toss

When an image is surreal but connects to the tone of your week, it is time to write about how you are feeling. Like many, I have recently viewed video of the Atlantic coast swelled by the forces of Nature, and noting how man-made structures like the Atlantic City boardwalk and an adjacent roller coaster sat useless, twisted and smashed out of its intended proportions, I felt the stresses of my life were mirrored in the astonishing havoc I was seeing.

Small personal encounters have left me very cold, indifferent, all the way to sudden impulses to dart into traffic, which the realization of the drastic thought then brought me to tears. With an inability to handle abrupt change, I am the wreck of the Atlantic City amusement ride crumpled along the splintered boardwalk.