house shook but I paid no mind of attention to it, thinking it was a simple earthquake, most common where I lived. My stomach growled for hours, but I had no food to feed it. My bones grew weak. My skin paled and my hands grew cold and clammy. After what seemed like days and my stomach organs couldn’t take anymore abuse, I put down the everlasting computer and cell phone before getting up, only to instantly fall back down by my slim legs. Down the stairs my boney ass took me to the front door. Mail piled in front of the door from the mail slot, but dated back to four days prior. My business gifted me letters saying that I was fired. The sun shone through the kitchen window. Gray fog appeared slightly behind the sunshine. The doorknob was cold, but turned smoothly against my hand as it turned. A pile of wood and rubble fell into my feet as the door swung open. What surrounded me was far more horrifying than anything I ever saw on the internet on my devices. No more buildings. No more trees. No more roads. No more people. The earth as far as I can see was burned and crashed to the ground. Nothing but silence filled the air. I walked out onto the rubble and my naked foot dug into the wooden boards below me. I called out the names of neighbors. No answer. I called again. No answer. I turned around in my tracks and was met with the same desperate fate as I saw everywhere else. No one. The only thing left standing was my half-blown away house at its fullest and an internet cable that leaked exactly to my house. The internet still works! But it wasn’t the same. No one. No nature. No blue skies and no mixed flowers. No people. No cell phones. The technology of today brought us to war. I missed it because of my own personal obsession with new technology. I’m currently the only person here. Alive...with oddly working wi-fi. I have the advancements, but the unspoken truth of being alone with new technology.
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