The First Meeting is the Hardest
"Hi, I'm America and I'm addicted to superpower status and its application through military might."
"Hi, America", my fellow attendees chimed in unison.
"I want to come clean right up front. I'm still using."
Collective gasps and tsk tsk noises.
"I know, I know. But, seriously, I figured I'd get off ground zero by trying to wrap my head around step one. You can imagine my horror when I wasn't able to get past the first sentence before running into the word powerless."
Chuckles and eye rolls from the other twelve steppers.
"Aw, c'mon, guys. I'm trying here. I'm thinking if I could start with something like, I feel a bit less powerful than I did for the last century or so, and I"m OK with that."
This remark is met with disdain bordering on pity.
"Hey, man, how about a lil slack for the only super-power in the room? Give me a U, give me an S…awww hell, whadya want from me? Yeah, yeah, I know but- try and imagine this, for all intents and purposes, I was a 'higher power'"!!
**To be continued...
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