The End of Memes
I can dream, can’t I? Dream this with The End of the Innocence by Don Henley.
It wasn’t his fault. Well, it was, but it wasn’t intentional. His mom had taught him to turn off the light when he left a room. So he did. When he was done on his first day as an data entry intern in the converted electrical storage room by the parking garage, he switched off every outlet on the wall. No one knew what to do, but assumed someone else was already on it. Then dinner time rolled around. And Wednesday. And September. And 2018. Life went on. Some people missed the internet, but it wasn’t a lot.
Regitze Ladekarl has re-emerged as a raconteur after a long, successful career elsewhere. 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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