WEEK 068 / 583 — Awake to Answer the Call
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016. THE NIGHT AFTER THE FIRST DUEL. BEFORE SUNRISE HE IS ALREADY COUNTING VICTORIES.
(Wow, did great in the debate polls (except for @CNN - which I don't watch). Thank you!)
“The #1 trend on Twitter right now is #TrumpWon - thank you!”
BUT THE NAME SPOKEN IN THE DUEL'S FINAL MINUTE WORKS LIKE SLOW POISON. IN THE DARK BEFORE DAWN, HE RISES TO FIGHT IT.
Wow, Crooked Hillary was duped and used by my worst Miss U. Hillary floated her as an ""angel"" without checking her past, which is terrible!
“For those few people knocking me for tweeting at three o'clock in the morning, at least you know I will be there, awake, to answer the call!”
Why isn't Hillary 50 points ahead? Maybe it's the email scandal, policies that spread ISIS, or calling millions of...
I know our complex tax laws better than anyone who has ever run for president and am the only one who can fix them. #failing@nytimes
HE HOLDS EVERY LINE OF THE WEEK. HE DOES NOT KNOW THAT AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD TAPE IS ALREADY RISING TOWARD THE SURFACE.
TO BE CONTINUED →
This week in the saga
The week after the first duel is fought in the dark hours. He counts every online poll as a captured banner and crowns the count with a trending talisman, but the name Hirarī spoke in the duel's last minute drags him to the phone before dawn, and when the realm mocks the hour he turns even that into doctrine: awake, always, to answer the call. When the Times unseals his old tax papers, he answers as the one man who knows the labyrinth from inside.
Readers' Corner
Letters from the readership on Week 068. Pick a pen name — no account needed.
Opening the mailbag…