The Examined Life
Between the original False Dichotomies and the resurrected version, there was Hayal Boded, an exclusive email consisting of tales from The Most Moral Army in the World. False Dichotomies is proud to present, for the first time, Hayal Boded – The Tales of a Lone Jobnik…
She emerged from the night rain, her shining and hidden at the same time. We gathered around her, eager to meet this new figure in our lives. Just a few minutes earlier, we had been drifting off to sleep. For the second successive night, we had been ordered out of our bed to do exercises. The night before had been a fire drill – and amidst the din, I thought it was the same again. But no. This time we were meant to be in full military garb. Time was running out, so I decided to forgo socks. But this time we had to run, with urgency, for our important meeting. As I stood there, feeling the pain of my dumb decision, straining to see the samelet [corporal], my mind wandered to the opening line of London Fields: This is a true story but I can’t believe it’s really happening. Read more
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