especially when one ends up in a military prison….man, the clam chowder must have did some funky stuff to my head last night.
i was terrified and freaked out and stressed out.
dude, i don’t need that when i’m trying to sleep and wake up in time for another god-damned opening shift.
but it happens.
last night i dreamnt my cousin was working at a military facility – in their bio lab….ala Wen Ho Lee – she’s arrested wrongfully for sabatoge. Some army prick claimed he could trace her terrorist roots back to Abu Sayyaf. Asshole.
My brother and I inflitrate a top army facility. There was an anti-war protest by students, so it was easy to slip. My bro was gussied up in his Class A uniform – complete with Officer bars….
Basically, he used some “official business” attitude and was able to bluff our way into the main hall. I think this place was JAG-type facility and military courts were held here. It was somewhere in the desert, late at night. I found the office of one of the judges. His secretary insisted that we had to come back during business hours. I begged, with tears in my eye, that my cousin needed a chance to prove herself – that she was in no-way a traitor to her job or her country. The secretary blasted at us – what would we know about patrotism, after simply being naturalized? I yelled at her that we three were born in this country and that we knew a whole hell of a lot about loving this nation. The judge heard us and said he’d set-up an emergency hearing in the main court room.
when we were there, we stood in the middle of the room – three judges were seated high on a gray, metal bench. they brough in Jennie – cuffed. they made her sit down, roughly. My brother was restraining himself – doing his best to resist striking out at their rough treatment. He stood at attention, barely quivering with rage. I didn’t have to adhere to those formalities, as a citizen. I dropped down by Jennie’s side, hugged her….we both cried together…..we were so confused and freaked out. I begged them to un-do her chains. the judges agreed, as long as she stayed seated.
david and i made our case – highlighted jennie’s perfect record – hell, she didn’t even have a traffic ticket to her name. we pointed out how she had no security access to intelligence files. we pointed out her volunteer service with Circle K and the hospital. i blurted out – if anything, they should apologize and recognize her loyalty to this country, regardless of how the military didn’t even give her a shot at a fair trial, among her peers. she was judged without remorse.
one judge agreed – she should be awarded a medal of honor, for her bravery – then he signaled for guards to lock her up and take her away…..the judge added that they will take our testimony into consideration. at this time, the army didn’t have any authority over her, since she was working at an air force facility.
we three were shocked and shaken.