this is stupid. the thin veneers cover shit press-board to cover the lies of the shit wood of this prefab house in Tolono. i punch through the wall because the binder on the inside has broken down. the discoloration on the bottom end toward the floor of the dresser filled with dust instead of clothes. the walls are cracking with the immense heating and cooling of the days to the nights. then i slash at the wall and take down a whole side. i spit fire and start that section on fire. and run like a criminal. there are no whitenesses that are not on my side. i see another and run right through the whole dwelling spitting fire in every direction i see a place with combustible material. i run to the nearest open field to look at the burning buildings. sparks catching trees on fire. now a whole section of the city is on fire. the sparks, like the people attempting to rise above their own entrapments, eventually fade in the bright sun of midday. with my back to the blaze i follow the train tracks east until someplace.

i could see the gleaming reflection from at least 12 meters away of a partially buried drone. upon closer inspection i noticed that it was fully operable but just buried. i was able to reprogram the directives of the unit for an accompaniment to my journeys. the unit was equipped with several functions. there was a domicile equipped function but that would serve little purpose out on the plains. the scanners on the drone could penetrate the darkest rooms and the thickest walls. this would be handy for a heads up on any unsatisfactory situations. as soon as everything was configured on the little hovering drone i set it to stay in close proximity to me. it was a nice change to have a little companion. it communicated with me in a rudimentary binary language. the method was a wuring sound of low frequency humming. it was very efficient method for communication without the use of electromagnetic signals. the propulsion system was fast and could easily out maneuver most things it would come in contact with. it would hover along

the humidity is overwhelming since suspended in its midst is fine carcinogenic particulate. trudging along down another road. the country roads lead perfectly for how they feel to. north and south is a hell of a life for something. east and west is about the same. its is my directive to go north. north is the missing key in my life today. i think going north is going to save me. go north or follow the signs for Pesotum. i dont want to go to Pesotum. Pesotum is a good town to pass through. i will veer 40 miles west of that town. one of the few roaming gangs lives around that town. they control that surrounding area. a salvage yard was taken and its now a center for survival. its a nice place to visit if you are a part of their group. if you are not they will cut off your arms and legs and throw you in a ditch face down and take your arms and flail them around and laugh and cry. at one point the village use to have a population of around 500. now there is a population of 60. all the citizens are mutated and vicious and kill at will. the only problem is that there is not a whole lot to kill. mostly these people just sit around in their underground dwellings and ponder the deeper meanings of life. there are sentinels which patrol in shifts. any intruder is usually caught and cannibalized. robot eat robot and dog eat dog. its a tough life if your dumb. its easier to avoid these places entirely and stay isolated than to get chopped up for scrap and sold to the inner-city arms factories.

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there is a new horizon. it appears as a half and half mixture of pre-dawn darkness and post dawn light. i found myself operating alert and the light had not become strong enough to become functionally useful. there was a shed i passed heading toward the road. i met the road. i walked north. as i continued northernly i passed farm houses. this land use to be a great farming community but now is nothing more than a wasteland of abandoned houses sparsely strewn on the countryside.

it is decidedly so that i find myself wandering in the nomadic regions of south-central illinois. life is scarce and i rarely see other beings. i see small forms like life like ground squirrels and rabbits. the deer have not yet begun migrations. i sought shelter in an old barn earlier today during one of the frequent acid rain storms. the tin ceiling of the barn was leaky in areas and i could see the erosion and discoloration from the points of contact. after the rainstorm had passed i left the barn and walked 15 miles toward the old town of Kemp. as i strolled down the main street i found most of the building to be fairly open. i entered a brick building and found the furnishings to be quite pristine. although when touched the draped crumbled and fell to the floor with a billowing cloud of ash dust. i acquired an understanding of the purpose of the building. the oscillating rack was used for hanging clothes. there was still 3 suits that were left on the rack. across the street were residential houses and a sparsely wooded park with benches and public grills. a swing-set was seen but each seat was missing. the grass was scrubby and not flourishing well. throughout the whole downtown road, fissures had formed and grasses had sprouting from each crevice all down the road. roofs were sagging lazily all down the main strip of the old businesses. toward the west end of town a few had completely collapsed with only the shell of bricks left keeping and edge to the sky. to the north i could see a large greenhouse. the inside looked like it could possibly have life in it. under closer inspection i could see that it did. in the soil processing part i could see that grasses had sprouted on the mound. various succulent plants had taken a liking to the climate inside the structure and had overtaken the brick walkways. the sprinklers were on an automatic timer that was powered by solar panels. there was no water though to be fed to the plants by this method though. an alternate method was used to supply the humidity to the complex. a passive evaporative filtration system pumped in the humid hair that allowed the plants to keep thriving. dusk began to set in and i found myself ready to go on standby..

the robots started off for their trek. they found themselves stranded in the deserted plains of central illinois. they could see the many hollow shells of old supershopping centers. there was no heat inside the buildings except for small squirrels using the building as dwelling. the human element of the plains of illinois had long been vacant. the people had long since perished due to lack of structured systems. there were still nomadic tribes of people that would roam around. you could sometimes spot them but you really need a clear day and clean lenses. often the nomads would sleep in the undergound shelters or inside the squirrel's homes. this was dangerous procedure to sleep in the shells due to the automated Sentinel guardians that were usually on patrol.

FROM: robot  
TO: exterior 
DATE: 1.march.2007
SUBJECT: entrance

now i find myself writing to spread the word. For i am one lonely robot
broadcasting my signal into abyss of the internet only hoping to enlighten others
faint signals.
i am to conduct myself in a systematic way in order to be as clear as automatitivly
possible. i shall stick to boxes and circles to do so. robots will be looking in on
your lives and on your walks. hidden in street lights and around corners little robots
peer for you. they are ready when you slip to take your nerves and use them in their
autonomic cybernetic nervous systems.
the next step will be unknown except for the ones involved and they will be operating
on your cells. the speed of your thoughts when you are not humanly tired.

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