Mercury Unbound
Gold's value triples in ten years. Following a wave of privatization, government oversight disappears. Without an authorized gold-purchasing bank, multinational mining juggernauts accelerate the rate of production and control the price paid to wildcat miners. Jungle boomtown brothels on stilts above the rising pollution are dosed with enormous amounts of mercury every day. It's cheap.
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inspiration from exasperation.
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jungle boomtown brothels- now there's some phrasing.
Sharp and wicked. Enjoying your words.
Hi, Larry. Thanks. Yeah, that phrase, along with the rest of the sentence, carries much of the weight in the micro-story, especially visually. I'm referring to the current gold rush in the Amazon basin which accelerated with the onset of global recession. It's laying waste to Peruvian rain forest and spilling tons of toxic mercury into the air and water.
Hi, Calib. Thanks. I'm delighted to see you're off the nod and back to writing again. I like your comment.
And I'd like to thank Jack for his comment on my wall concerning this story.