The Sewer Society
an excerpt

I felt as if after this, I would never be able to return to the world where love was just an accessory the Bible talked about. Making love with Rose had made everything seem so ridiculous, and I was going to try and go out there and show everyone everything that they had been missing. There was something new within me after that brief lovemaking that turned me crazy, or maybe sane depending on the outlook. I was going to go out there and risk everything. If no one could feel what I could, than life on Earth was meaningless.
Aldan was right that things were going to get a little crazy after that. I was seeing odd things occur on the streets, and I too was getting very different. I was having a hard time after my love session with Rose to do anything that was expected of me, but I didn’t even care anymore. I was surprised that nothing happened thus far involving my deviant behavior. I was definitely being more obvious in the classroom, and the children that I taught were starting to think more and more for themselves. I knew it was going to be hard for them when I dropped the bombshell on them that everything they had ever learned was a complete and total lie.
I didn’t want to introduce that to them, though. I was sort of hoping that some of them would figure it out on their own.
And the thing that we were fearing above everything else occurred on a Wednesday afternoon in March. The lady that said she was going to copy the constitution and distribute it everywhere really did, and it happened when I was in the city.
I saw papers falling from the sky, and my immediate reaction was correct. I knew it was going to be good. I picked up the nearest falling paper and read what it said. It read: “Dear Whoever Has Picked This Up: I am working as a monitor. I watch you on a day to day basis, looking for behaviors that I can incriminate you for. They are going to incriminate me now for this. YOU ARE BEING LIED TO. President Seil is all about controlling you, and killing your loved ones. THERE IS NO GOD, EVERYHING YOU HAVE BEEN TAUGHT IS WRONG! Read the original Constitution written in 1776 for the REAL United States of America. WE WERE FREE ONCE.”
And then, written in tiny letters on the rest of the sheet (and on the back) was the Constitution! I couldn’t believe it. And whoever had done this had impeccable timing as well. It was lunchtime, and everyone who was working for the day was in the streets, heading to restaurants to get their five dollar fix. I saw people reading them, picking them up, looking enraged, surprised, dumbfounded… I saw any and every emotion that I knew displayed on every face, and the emotions changed.
This was when I took a chance. “THEY’RE RIGHT! THEY’RE RIGHT! WE AREN’T FREE!” Right after I heard myself shout these words, I heard the police sirens. I knew they were coming to get me. That was when I felt the worse panic overtake me that I could ever imagine. Instead of running, I stood my ground for a few minutes. “IF YOU BELIEVE ALL THIS, FOLLOW ME!”