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(to the drone) I used to mean something. Not truth. Not justice. Just… the feeling that Monday morning wasn’t the enemy.

FLASH: A classroom. Students hold tablets. On the tablets: a new mascot. MS. CYBER-PUNK. She has purple hair, a CRT-TV for a head, and says “based” unironically. The students cheer.

She lights the sparkler. It hisses. Then fizzles. The Trials Of Ms Americana.rar

(laughs, dry) I passed the bar in ’04. Doesn’t matter. You can’t sue a feeling.

Verdict is in. You are guilty of being nostalgic in a non-linear timeline. Sentencing: one final parade. (to the drone) I used to mean something

The .rar file icon. A padlock. Then, slowly, the lock turns green. Files spill out like confetti from a broken piñata.

FLASH: A montage of old photos. She waves from a parade float. Then from a TikTok green screen. Then from a deepfake porn site. Then from a Doritos commercial where she whispers, “Democracy tastes like this.” Just… the feeling that Monday morning wasn’t the enemy

MS. AMERICANA (40s, blonde ponytail now threaded with gray, sash torn at the corner) sits on a metal folding chair. Across from her is a STEEL TABLE. On it: a half-empty mug of cold coffee, a TI-84 calculator, and a single sparkler, unlit.