Thursday, August 18, 2016

Countdown

Tomorrow they are going to execute me at dawn. I could not convince the jury I am innocent. I had companions who pushed me to live outside the law, but I am innocent of what they accuse me. Actually I have been forced to fight against my own colleagues, thinking about the common good. Tomorrow I will be subjected to a lethal process and become nothing.
Before this tragedy began, I had a quiet life and worked diligently. I received orders to do specific jobs and, together with my coworkers, we had all the machinery working properly. One day, without warning, I began to receive conflicting orders, and my colleagues began to work haphazardly. Fortunately, I had an elaborate list of orders, in the proper sequence, and Icontinued to apply them to my work, ignoring orders received.
Everything around me was changing for the worse, my work was impeccable, there were serious disturbances that eventually damaged the machinery, making its operation ineffective. Decisions made outside the machinery were trenchant: a mass execution of all operators.
I tried to talk to them and explain that my work was perfect. I sent countless messages, but always received the same reply: all of you are guilty. I gave up and will be executed tomorrow.
Sorry, I failed to introduce myself: I am a sane blood cell and together with my insane colleagues will be destroyed by the application of chemotherapy.