In the Wind

As Danny Hanlon stared at his weekly ration list, he seen the usual list of suspects

12 oz bag of unsalted peanuts ( unless you were a government elite, salt , sugar, fat were not allowed in your diet)

12 oz bag roasted soy nuts

8 oz bag of dried fruit

and his beloved coffee ration

A voucher for the government publication ( a propaganda magazine called Rainbow living) A bunch of made up stories that were designed to make people feel good about living in an enslaved nation.)

In the governments lopsided feeble attempt at making everyone equal, they did everything but make everyone equal.

The top elites were Platinum, gold , silver, the next level were copper, nickel, brass, everything below that were just different shades of grey. ( Dannys age pretty much left him at the bottom)

Only the building czar had cooking privileges.( since everything was solar, there just wasn't enough power, because the cameras and listening devices used most of that, those didn't work half the time because the building czar really didn't do her job making sure the solar panels were maintained.

There were no more fast food restaurants, they were eating stations, Danny eating station was an old burger joint, thats were he had all three of his meals, if you missed your alloted hour, you went without.

Every meal was carefully planned and portioned, tastless and boring, How Danny missed his wifes blueberry pancakes.

It has been 7 years since the fundamental change and re-education of America, 2013 when Dannys life changed forever.

Families were torn apart, new rules , regulations, re-locations and everything banned.

No smoking, no drinking, no driving, no lottery, no sugar , no salt, no unathorized family visits.

 

 

To be cont.