Waiting for the Next

Introduction

'Feeble Creature' is arrested and charged with committing a crime under several penal codes for causing disruption and chaos by inflicting unfounded fear among the masses. His crime is writing and circulating four articles taking an extreme contrarian view that humankind is suffering from progeria, the rarest of rare diseases known to medical science.

Defense Statement

In his defense before the court of justice, he says - I sincerely desired to infuse the real meaning of living in the psyche of mankind so that they may battle out the death inflicted by this metaphysical ailment I conveniently call Progeria. I haven't committed any crime in doing so by expressing my conviction, cautioning and alerting the commoners to take notice. It is up to them to take notice, realize and act or ignore the warning.

Concept and Analogy

This novel depicts the very cause that has led mankind to this lethal metaphysical ailment, the author termed as metaphysical progeria. The author has also ventured to present a possible remedy, which only the rarest of the rare may chance to put into application. He does this by taking readers on a short journey aboard a train, a perfect analogy for the journey of life as passengers seem ever waiting for the next, an assumed time, projecting data internalized from dead past.

Conclusion

The author dares to write an obituary of the metaphysical demise of mankind, unravelling how he arrives at this conclusion. The author believes, however, that those who choose themselves still have a chance to rise from their metaphysical graves.