shocking Confession

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Shocking Confessions

         Joe Lewis and Sam Adams were two old friends, college housemates, who had not seen each other since college forty years ago. They were both retired and in their early 70s.

         They finally met up when Joe visited Sam. Joe was living overseas In Korea with his Korean-born wife but had relocated to Medford, Southern Oregon, where they owned some rental properties they were operating as an Airbnb business but it was getting too difficult to continue running the rentals from overseas, and besides they both wanted to spend more time in the US and had gotten used to the relaxed Southern Oregon vibe.

         So Joe looked up to Sam who was living in a small rural town on the Mendocino coast near the famous “Lost Coast” of Northern California. They met for dinner in a diner, near his house in Ukiah, California.

         Joe asked Sam,

         “So Sam how are you doing? How’s retirement? How’s life? I am sorry to hear you are a widower now. “

         “Well, Joe, I am hanging in there. I am so glad that Trump won the last election. It is a miracle because God has anointed him to lead us away from all this liberal woke DEI crap, the green energy scam, and foreign governments taking advantage of America. And restore American greatness. I voted for him and am glad he is starting to keep his promises. Too many damn lazy govbots - most should be fired because they are disloyal traitors to America and are secret communists. And too many minorities everywhere especially in California. it is damn hard for a white man to get by because of all the damn women feminazis and woke radical leftists libtrards and illegals.”.


         Joe was shocked to hear this. They both were moderately liberal back in college, neither of them had gone to Church, or at least Joe thought Sam shared his slightly left-of-center views. Joe looked at Sam and said,

         “Well Sam, I have been living overseas for a while now. One of the reasons why is that I hated the direction the country was going under President Trump. I voted for Biden and for Harris. I don’t see how you claim the Trump was anointed by God because he is the most UnGodly of all people. He is a crook, a con man through and through, a poster child for the seven deadly sins that Christians are supposed to abhor, and frankly I am amazed to see you’ve drunk the MAGA kool-aide. Anywho, let’s agree to disagree and finish our dinner and drinks. Nice to see you man!”

         They both vowed to keep in touch which they both knew was a polite lie. And both left wondering what had gone wrong in their lives.

NEW PROMPT: Tomorrow, March 15, is True Confessions Day. Write a story or poem about someone who makes a true confession, being sure to include the reaction to it. One of your genres must be Drama.