Powerless
The electricity went out today at 3:00 pm. And it didn’t just go out all at once, it flickered out, like a dying candle flame. Then it kept threatening to come back, trickling into all our appliances, making the microwave chirp frantically, causing the TV’s “on” light to blink morse code, sending the bathroom light into a parody of music video fluorescence.
Then it went off completely.
It was only a few hours until they got it working again, but it was raining today, and that robbed us of late sunlight. And, as it grew darker, and I tried to read by candlelight, I thought of how much I would miss it if it were gone for good. Electricity, I mean. No more internet, no more Cartoon Network, no way to charge my iPhone. I could live without all these things easily, and without a doubt, happily. But I love having them in my life now.
Edison, Steinmetz, Faraday, Tesla, thank you.
