{"id":56,"date":"2010-10-07T12:52:20","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T12:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/index.php\/2010\/10\/07\/5mf18\/"},"modified":"2010-10-07T12:52:20","modified_gmt":"2010-10-07T12:52:20","slug":"5mf18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/5mf18\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 18 Winning Entry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PROMPT: INABILITY<\/strong><\/div>\n
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They called it a \u2018smart virus.\u2019<\/div>\n
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A variation of herpes that could target specific DNA types. Read: races.<\/div>\n
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Once unleashed, it could wipe out an entire \u2018targeted group\u2019 within a generation. Maybe two.<\/div>\n
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It was the ultimate biological weapon with a one hundred percent mortality rate.<\/div>\n
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\u201cA new sexually transmitted disease,\u201d they said.<\/div>\n
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\u201cAbstinence is the best way to avoid contracting the always fatal \u2018super bug,\u201d they also said.<\/div>\n
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\u2018They,\u2019 apparently, were never horny teenagers.<\/div>\n
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Condoms were useless. Any sort of sexual contact. Kissing, blow jobs\u2013even hand jobs would spread the virus. It didn\u2019t matter.<\/div>\n
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They must have giggled to themselves when they\u2019d first created it. Then screamed in frustration at their inability to control it.<\/div>\n
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See, what \u2018they\u2019 didn\u2019t realize is that they\u2019d created a real \u2018smart bug.\u2019 By smart I mean intelligent. Self-propagating. And self-aware.<\/div>\n
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They\u2019d created the fucking Einstein of STDs.<\/div>\n
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Then \u2018they\u2019 declared war on the uber-herpes. Uber-herpes declared war back.<\/div>\n
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In three months it was all over.<\/div>\n
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As I look down from the International Space Station as the last surviving member of the human race, I try to find fitting last words. The oxygen is in the red now.<\/div>\n
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I think of Neil Armstrong and his \u201cOne small step\u201d speech. What bullshit.<\/div>\n
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As the last tank goes dry, all I can think to say is \u201cThey\u2026were a bunch of assholes.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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