Yr. Correspondant

Yr. correspondent is at a protest. Yr. correspondent is in the parliament where a bill is being decided upon. Yr. correspondent is in the hospital, a celebrity is giving birth, yr. correspondent is here to investigate it’s parsonage. Yr. correspondent is at the site of a rocket launch. Yr. correspondent is at the first screening of a new blockbuster. Yr. correspondent is at the location of a murder site; the blood gleams, the face is mutilated. Yr. correspondent is at the opening of a town-hall. Yr. correspondent is at the polls for the voting for a new minister. Yr. correspondent is in a village devastated by a flood. Yr. correspondent is stalking a certain scandalous individual entering a restaurant. Yr. correspondent is at the unveiling of a new monument. Yr. correspondent is at a worldwide business conference. Yr. correspondent is by the house of a wealthy individual being arrested for fraud. Yr. correspondent is near the jail where the same individual is now being released. Yr. correspondent is in a neighbourhood where a poor individual is being arrested for the possession of an illegal substance. Yr. correspondent is by the jail; it would seem fair to postulate that this individual will not be released very soon. Yr. correspondent is in the vicinity of a celebrity’s ’birthday bash’; yr. correspondent does not have the liberty to report on whether it is a frivolity to cover this ‘birthday bash’. Yr. correspondent is observing a starved child looking for food. Yr. correspondent is listening to a speech being made by a high-ranking individual in the government; the speech was written by a different hand - illusion and reality, human guile belies human depravity and it is the job of yr. correspondent to reveal the truth! Yr. correspondent is following a celebrity who is meeting a friend; many other correspondents are here. Yr. correspondent is by a raging forest fire; the trees wither away to red embers, the smoke veils the sky, and the starlight seeps through as lucent and warping ribbons, as the reflection of light on water, and it penetrates the languor of the burning air; there is an animal carcass, its scalding flesh is steaming, a town is in view.

Trees are not spared from the fire - there is a book burning, yr. correspondent is here. The year is 2022. There is a book burning, yr. correspondent is here. The year is 1933, Berlin, Germany.