The Canary Died
Dana A. Mason
- This
- entertaining,
- informative
- and
- imaginative
- adventure
- combines
- fiction
- with
- facts,
- jarring
- realities
- and
- unexpected
- environmental
- insights.
- Morgan
- and
- Elisabeth
- explore
- truth
- in
- their
- own
- communications
- as
- they
- unravel
- human
- disease
- mysteries,
- strange
- deaths,
- mutations
- and
- massive
- extinctions
- of
- land
- and
- sea
- animals.The
- story
- begins
- in
- Boston:
Morgan,
- an
- environmentalist,
- picks
- up
- a
- hitchhiker,
- Elisabeth,
- an
- entomologist.“…She
- looked
- at
- me
- again
- with
- the
- same
- sideways
- smile
- as
- she
- pushed
- back
- her
- hair,
- grabbing
- it
- like
- a
- ponytail
- and
- releasing,
- revealing
- a
- beaming,
- rosy
- glow
- to
- her
- face
- as
- if
- my
- words
- had
- landed
- on
- her
- cheeks.“Yes.”
- Newly
- empowered
- by
- her
- readable
- blushing
- I
- ventured
- more,
- “I’m
- drawn
- to
- you.
- From
- right
- now
- I
- want
- to
- know
- you.
- Talk
- true
- from
- the
- start.
- ”I
- poured
- it
- out
- almost
- without
- control.
Elisabeth’s
- sarcasm
- was
- quick,
- “Oh
- come
- on
- now.
- What
- planet
- do
- you
- live
- on?”They
- travel
- around
- India:
"Across
- from
- us
- on
- the
- other
- side
- of
- the
- road
- another
- bus
- had
- stopped.
- It
- was
- really
- a
- dilapidated
- motorized
- wagon
- with
- a
- cloth
- top.
- It
- was
- mobbed
- and
- still
- filling
- with
- passengers,
- bags
- and
- other
- containers.
- The
- vehicle
- was
- life
- itself.
- Its
- guts
- were
- a
- sweating
- pile
- of
- humanity
- bulging
- beyond
- its
- meager
- frame,
- its
- human
- skin
- holding
- on,
- swaying,
- dangling
- and
- ready
- to
- fall
- off."Morgan
- and
- Elisabeth
- enter
- deep
- and
- mysterious
- caves
- to
- attend
- a
- secret
- conference
- about
- the
- dangerous
- situation
- causing
- human
- dis-figuration
- and
- hundreds
- of
- deaths."They
- all
- stayed
- close
- to
- the
- light
- and
- followed
- Rizwan
- downward
- through
- an
- intricate
- network
- of
- winding
- passageways,
- impossible
- to
- traverse
- without
- his
- experienced
- guidance.
- Half
- an
- hour
- later
- a
- warm
- pulsating
- firelight
- appeared
- in
- front
- of
- them
- as
- they
- walked
- into
- a
- huge
- open
- chamber.""Morgan
- was
- drawn
- in
- by
- the
- light
- reflecting
- from
- the
- rock.
- It
- highlighted
- the
- lines
- of
- life
- in
- the
- farmer’s
- furrowed
- and
- still
- shiny
- face.
- The
- wisdom
- of
- experience
- was
- intoned
- in
- the
- orator’
- voice.
- The
- man
- was
- standing
- upon
- his
- story
- as
- if
- it
- were
- a
- carpet
- unrolling
- with
- soil
- and
- atmosphere,
- farming
- from
- the
- sun
- and
- sky,
- his
- life
- rooting
- into
- the
- earth,
- entwined
- and
- scratching
- the
- world
- for
- food."Deep
- in
- the
- cave,
- Morgan
- gets
- very
- personal:
- “O.K.
- My
- thought
- is
- to
- break
- the
- stereotypical
- bonds
- we
- are
- all
- indoctrinated
- with.
- Remove
- the
- porno
- and
- religious
- dogma
- from
- masturbation
- and
- everything
- inevitably
- connected
- and
- implied
- by
- those
- attitudes.
- Experience
- a
- bond
- directly
- to
- your
- own
- DNA;
- a
- method
- of
- reconnecting
- to
- our
- own
- design.Elisabeth
- contemplates,"
- We
- are
- witnesses
- to
- experiments
- upon
- an
- unsuspecting
- people.
- ...We
- are
- ingesting
- the
- identical
- chemicals
- in
- North
- American
- and
- around
- the
- world."The
- characters
- face
- life-changing
- consequences
- as
- they
- learn
- of
- their
- own
- body
- burden
- of
- chemicals.
- Some
- scientists
- think
- that
- five
- days
- of
- continuous
- antibiotic
- use
- can
- kill
- up
- to
- one
- third
- of
- the
- tens
- of
- trillions
- of
- micro-organisms
- found
- in
- the
- vast
- human
- micro-biome.
- In
- a
- child
- or
- compromised
- adult,
- this
- loss
- may
- remove
- some
- biological
- components
- which
- are
- necessary
- for
- normal
- immune
- development
- and
- function.“Morgan,”
- exclaimed
- Elisabeth,
- “It
- is
- ironic,
- don’t
- you
- think?
- Back
- in
- the
- war
- the
- scientists
- were
- trying
- to
- make
- poisons
- to
- kill
- people.
- Soon
- it
- was,
- and
- still
- is,
- used
- to
- save
- people
- from
- malaria,
- kill
- mosquitoes
- and
- other
- little
- beasties.
- Now
- we
- find
- it
- in
- our
- food.
- Has
- it
- come
- back
- to
- harm
- and
- possibly
- kills
- us?”A
- speck
- floating
- in
- the
- air
- becomes
- a
- morsel
- in
- a
- stream
- caught
- by
- a
- fish
- you
- eat.
- Hidden
- within
- that
- fish,
- or
- on
- a
- piece
- of
- fruit,
- vegetable,
- nut
- or
- meat,
- invisible
- tentacles
- of
- the
- beast
- reaches
- into
- you.
- The
- insidious
- toxin
- moves
- through
- you
- and
- quietly
- alights.
- Your
- body,
- to
- protect
- you
- from
- the
- fragment,
- suspends
- it
- in
- the
- fat
- around
- your
- organs.
The
- abhorrent
- chemical
- poison
- is
- released
- by
- your
- liver
- when
- you
- need
- energy.
- The
- villain
- in
- your
- bloodstream
- finds
- its
- way
- into
- your
- endocrine
- system.
- Free,
- it
- randomly
- programs
- unique changes.
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