Lack Of Impulse Control

Tales For Posterity

There once was a president who died from lack of impulse control. Sources have revealed he was incapable of passing up any opportunity to prove his invincibility. And he was known to believe himself to be above any law including the law of physics. This — combined with a fat trigger-finger — turned fatal when the president inspected an alt-right home school teacher’s semiautomatic handgun by looking down the barrel while claiming to be so thick-headed he could repel a bullet. Said teacher allegedly turned his doomsday bunker into a sanctuary for accident-prone bullies after that.

This is the fifth bid on what I think the future history books could read. Pair it with Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) by Nancy Sinatra or Lana Del Rey — whoever you prefer.

Regitze Ladekarl has re-emerged as a raconteur after a long, successful career in finance. She crafts universal tales from everyday lives with an honest, sharp and witty pen. Besides working on a forthcoming novel, she flexes her voice with personal essays, flash fiction, and method writing here on Medium.

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