Appalachian American Ennui: August 2026

I read accounts of bad news all the time, but I can't seem to shake this one. You'd think that in a planned world children would not be among the most vile, hurtful segment of the population. This beautiful child, Rebecca solved her predicament by jumping to her death. The bullying continued posthumously -- one of the bullies wrote this on her Facebook page: “yes I bullied Rebecca and she killed herself, but I don’t give a fuck.” There's a little secret that enlightened first-grade teachers who largely keep to themselves: some children are just no damned good. I argue that these little monsters are even worse than that. Just ask Becky's family. Existentialism has a pretty face. She wears no makeup. She's confused. She's terrified. All the Gods and Goddesses wouldn't, didn't, couldn't intervene in this, the latest of innumerable human horrors. I think that if someone were to reason that this was "God's will," I'd lose all control. Insanity reigns hallowed within the cells of human ignorance. This makes me scream inside.