What If On a sunny day …….
the sun suddenly blacked out
had a power outage
while you were hanging out
the washing
or the dog was taking you
for a long walk through a maze
of streets?
You can’t fumble for a switch
phone your power provider.
You can’t even use the torch
on your mobile phone
if it’s not on you.
What would you do
if it lasted?
What would
John Malone 
boom
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yes,it’s a sci-fi imagining of the mother of all blackouts; I think I need to take a Bex and have a lie down, as mum used to say 🙂
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I remember being handed a Bex as a child, can still recall the taste. Imagine the collisions if the sun turned off – boom indeed.
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it would be the end of everything; I notice it’s a scenario that no sci-fi writers tmk have tackled —
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Scary post and musings, John. Here’s to keeping the light on at least a little bit, dear friend.
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thanks K: I have an overly active imagination: I feel it got the better of me this time 😦
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My daughter told me that if the sun ever died, it would take us 8 minutes to be aware of it. :-). Doesn’t help anything but it’s kind of interesting to think about – how incredibly far away our force of life actually is. Actually, I think I just thought of a poem!
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that’s wonderful, Worms 🙂 I’m going to hop across seeing if the poem worked out 🙂
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I did read Worm’s poem first, just cause it came up in my feed first. What a wonderful idea for a poem. If the sun went out, that would be the end for sure. Good news, we would have about 9 minutes till we found out.
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I felt honored , Bob, that someone was inspired enough by my poem to write one of their own on that topic; Worm’s poem develops the topic along ways I never considered —
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Wow. My imagination is walking those dark streets and forest paths. Brings a lot of “what if’s to mind”… not to mention dreamscapes (and maybe nightmarish environments). The suddenness of it adds a very effective element.
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true; I’m surprised I haven’t come across this scenario before, either in film or fiction —
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Reading some of the other comments, I realize I’m visualizing more of a darkness than an end. A long and lasting total eclipse. Endless night.
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it would make a great dystopian novel; or a collection of short stories —
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For sure! I spent a couple of hours of driving time yesterday musing about waking up to the morning alarm and finding yourself in the middle of the night… all day. Everyone going about their business unwilling to acknowledge the strange… very inspiring concept John!
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I think someone, with a cinematic sense and drive, will pick up on it — or maybe it may be grist to the mill for a graphic novelist looking for a new theme —
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You just ever know 😎
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It would be the beginning of the end. Ominous!
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—it is; and it all came from the 1 minute blackout; I’m looking forward to your next story 🙂
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Top score. Now I’m really scared of the dark.
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hahaha; you’ll be right, Neil; a scenario from the distant future —
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Go to sleep
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hahah; good advice 🙂
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what a notion, and what a cool piece.
–Shay
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thanks Shay; good to get a new reader 🙂
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Interesting to read this now, John. In Bali, the sun can disappear almost instantaneously behind clouds right before a downpour. The rain doesn’t last long, but during this transition, I enjoy watching the sky. I’ve never thought of the sun disappearing for good, but it’s a scary thought!
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I remember when I was in Malaysia it could do this too; scary — and those downpours !
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