The Omnipotence of Dreams Page #4

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it was always accompanied

by a storm and thunder,

whether it be natural or not.

And then I would hear the wail.

It's the most horrifying

sound in the world.

The wail of the banshee!

(thunder rumbles)

What's that?

A ghost or something.

I don't believe in ghosts.

Neither did anyone else.

At first, even I dismissed

the conclusions of my observations,

but then I began to remember the tales

told me when I was a boy.

The old little stories,

the wail of the banshee

and the accompanying death.

(rain patters)

You see, a banshee is a spirit

that materializes just before

death in an Irish family.

And then I began to remember

the apparitions that I had seen as a boy

and the corresponding

deaths of those around me.

And they were not methodical or random.

They were always accompanied

by some sort of storm.

It was not me she was after.

It was always those near me.

(clears throat)

Then came the next installment of doom.

December 16th, 1944.

The last push of the

Germans, their death throes.

The Battle of the Bulge was about to begin

and I was smack dab, right in front of it.

(percussive music)

(eerie music)

(eerie organ music)

There I was, isolated, alone,

cut off from my lines,

wandering the aftermath

of her wretched spell.

(eerie music)

I was exhausted, sick,

on the verge of death,

looking for shelter.

I collapsed and began to fall asleep,

thinking the world would

be better off without me.

(eerie music)

Happy birthday, Murphy!

(gun bolt clicking)

(German speaking)

(tank engine hums)

(German speaking)

(dramatic music)

(German speaking)

Where is the other?

(dramatic music)

I woke the next morning,

discovered that I had

stumbled into the German

cannon battery, their

last line of defense.

What could I do?

Run?

Stay?

(sighs) And then I realized

what was about to happen.

It all made sense.

The she-devil had brought me there

to bring about the last

throes of destruction.

(dramatic music)

The next storm approached

and there was nothing

I could do to stop it.

(dramatic music)

(percussive music)

(cannons fire)

(loud explosion)

(bombs whistle)

(loud explosion)

(bombs whistle)

(loud explosion)

(bombs whistle)

(truck crashes)

(bombs whistle)

(loud explosion)

(loud explosion)

(body thump)

(bombs whistle)

(loud explosion)

(cannon fires)

(bombs whistle)

(loud explosion)

(banshee cackles)

(wind howls)

(bomb whistles)

(loud explosion)

(bombs whistle)

(tank and tracks)

(gun fires)

(eerie music)

(loud explosion)

(eerie music)

They were all dead.

(thunder rumbles)

(rain patters)

But you lived.

That's not bad luck.

Oh yeah, I survived

the first bombardment,

but then the last gun

firing the last shell

of that last battle had my name on it

and I ended up with

a tin plate in my head!

(metal plate clanking)

(rain patters)

(electricity buzzes)

(rain patters)

(loud sawing)

(distorted music)

(big band music)

(thunder rumbles)

(lightning cracks)

(glass clinks)

(glass breaks)

(picture creaks)

You had your chance to leave, boys!

(somber organ music)

But now it's too late!

(eerie music)

(dramatic music)

The she-devil has arrived

and she's come for you!

(lightning cracks)

(dramatic music)

(thunder rumbles)

(dramatic music)

(electricity buzzes)

(banshee cackles)

(moans)

(dramatic music)

(train horn blows)

(lightning cracks)

(dramatic music)

(thunder rumbles)

(man gasps)

(rain patters)

No!

No!

(laughter)

(sniffing)

(sniffing)

Okay mister, you're right.

Your life is the worst I've ever heard.

Here.

(loud thud)

It's yours, I don't want it.

I just want to get out of here.

You can have it, you can have it,

You can have it!

I don't want it,

am I even going to get out of here?

(moans) Oh, okay.

I just want to get out of here.

(man moans)

(loud thud)

(rain patters)

(car engine starts)

(gravel crunches under tires)

(car engine hums)

(rain patters)

(cow bell clanging)

(rain patters)

(fly buzzes)

(water drips)

(rain patters)

(orchestral music)

(cheerful accordion music)

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