Dead End is a painting by RC DeWinter which was uploaded on June 6th, 2016.
Title
Dead End
Artist
RC DeWinter
Medium
Painting - Digital Oils-paintography-photopainting
Description
Copyright 2016 RC deWinter ~ All Rights Reserved
The Road of No Return
During the last purge -
when the Council decided it was time
to clean out another third of the useless -
they didn't, for some reason, kill us.
Usually they do.
We don't contribute, we only take.
But this time they didn't.
When they came to the hospital
they took all us crazies
who'd tried suicide and failed
and resettled us on
The Road of No Return.
These apartments must've belonged
to the entitled who'd fallen out of favor.
It's a pretty nice place, really, or it would be
if this was a normal world.
But we've been condemned to passive attrition.
I'm guessing there are some real sadists
on the selection committee.
I heard they even bet on who's going to be alive
from month to month.
We're free to come and go as long
as we stay in our sector
and the food truck rolls through on schedule;
we stock up on what we need to get by
'til the next time.
But we don't see any doctors
and nobody's taking meds.
It gets noisy and there're fights.
Sometimes somebody gets even gets killed.
And the balconies are tempting, too.
The deathmobile comes by
once a week to collect the bodies.
I try best I can to keep it together,
and so far so good.
But I only walk down to the end of the street
on really good days,
because the only thing there is a huge chasm.
When the voices start whispering I lock myself inside
and crawl under the covers 'til they stop,
because even though it's not much of a life,
I really don't want to jump.
Plenty do, and when that happens
some new nut moves in.
But I'm going to beat this game;
I wasn't born to be somebody's bet.
~ 2016 RC deWinter
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." ~ George Santayana
A dystopian view of an elegant New Orleans neighborhood. Reimagined and painted from a photograph by Steve Hamburg.
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June 6th, 2016
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Comments (37)
Rosemary Colyer
Powerful and haunting painting! I love the way that the eye is drawn in and on, towards such energy in the sky! Brilliant composition! L/F g+ P
Gordon Ogilvie
RC, I agree with !! If this was a normal world !! alas it.............most times its all the wrong was round..........i agree with Johannas comment!!
Anne McDonald
Your technique for these beautiful images is stunning! What an inspiration!! I want to F/L all of them!
RC DeWinter replied:
How kind, Anne, many thanks. These New Orleans pieces are heavily layered with different brushes and palettes.
Maria Hunt
Both dramatic and moving. I LOVE you descriptions... Touches my heart, Gina. Congratulations on your Feature in 1 Weekly ALL Stars. F/L
Maria Hunt
Both dramatic and moving. I LOVE you descriptions... Touches my heart, Gina. Congratulations on your Feature in 1 Weekly ALL Stars. F/L
Jim Williams
Those who remember the past will be eliminated. Featured on WHAT Interrobang. LF
RC DeWinter replied:
LOL Jim, shame on you, even though I am sure there are those who wish it. TY for the feature.
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