As the ruling class had promised, internment camps were established in every district to house the undesirables who were identified and sorted during the great purge, to be kept safe with their own kind: the immigrants, the refugees, the gays, the Muslims, non-Christians, Agnostics and Atheists, single, divorced and widowed women over 21 who did not have the covering of a husband, native peoples, the homeless and the disabled.
Small delegations from each sub-community were given authority to keep the peace, to report dissidents, who were swiftly removed to an undisclosed location and to order basic necessities, such as food and medicine for their respective areas.
It was meant to be a temporary inconvenience until everyone could be registered and vetted sufficiently to re-enter the regime, but the process was long and ridden with changing rules and red tape, and the longer it took, the more comfortable the outcasts became, staying behind their walls with their own kind, where it was safe.
~kat ~ 17 November 2016
For Sonya’s Three Line Tale Challenge based on the photo above by photo by Jace Grandinetti via Unsplash.
like mercury colliding... 
November 17th, 2016 at 12:07 pm
More Dystopia, but comfy… interesting but scary!
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November 17th, 2016 at 1:08 pm
it is a scary thought Willow. 😦
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November 17th, 2016 at 1:14 pm
It is isn’t it Kat!
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November 17th, 2016 at 12:28 pm
What a horror. To be comfortable in confinement, people adjust but I don’t think anyone should have to adjust to that..well crafted tale.
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November 17th, 2016 at 1:07 pm
It would be a horror. Thanks for commenting.
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November 17th, 2016 at 2:52 pm
Quite disturbing, let’s pray this stays fiction.
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November 17th, 2016 at 3:39 pm
hoping for the best.
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November 17th, 2016 at 4:30 pm
Well written, and disturbing… my visions of the future are of a similar shade. We live in strange times.
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November 17th, 2016 at 5:16 pm
As bizarre as it may seem I always consider the worst scenario and then if it’s it that bad, I am relieved. 😊
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November 19th, 2016 at 4:36 pm
Indeed scary! Had no thoughts that, that picture could bring out this! Well done for the prompt.. 🙂
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November 19th, 2016 at 5:11 pm
It is so sterile…a lone walkway through walls and I imagined doors in the gaps. I’m afraid that after the election we just had in our country and the subsequent realities that have unfolded since conjured this nightmare we may be facing. I do hope we can wake up before it’s too late.
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November 19th, 2016 at 5:16 pm
Ah! I can think that way!
Elections, mostly and many around the globe had the expression of “Whattt!!!!” after the results!
Hoping for the better good, soon!
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November 19th, 2016 at 5:31 pm
Thank you Prakash. 😊
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November 19th, 2016 at 6:05 pm
Such powerful tragedies.
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November 19th, 2016 at 6:28 pm
Thanks Dorna. Yes it would be a nightmare.
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November 20th, 2016 at 8:07 am
[…] Utopia | like mercury colliding… […]
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November 20th, 2016 at 2:12 pm
Talk about a horror story with roots in reality. So well written as always!
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November 20th, 2016 at 3:01 pm
Thank you. We are hunkering down in our household hoping we’re wrong about the way the country is heading. I should say, hunkering down as well as at the ready to stand up for justice. Interesting times these are.
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