Groundscore :Chapter One

The brief overnight relief of cooler air did little to squelch the stench of the magic city. The overwhelmed resources of South Florida have been pushed beyond the breaking point. This once pristine ecologically balanced land has been altered to the point that it will no longer accept abuse without dissent.

Sunrise, once a celebration of perfect balance is now a sigh of disgust and rage for its' dwellers. For many who sought the dream of a better life in South Florida, they soon learned that like most dreams, this one is fleeting at best. Fast becoming the most expensive place to live in the country, the unskilled worker is caught in game of financial chicken. The average wages for the skilled worker barley pays their monthly living expenses. To make the economic situation worse, employers are only eager to fill positions with undocumented/unskilled workers regardless of there qualifications. These jobs were once reserved for the skilled worker. Employers are willing to risk criminal prosecution in an attempt to enhance their bottom line. This disappointment among the workforce makes for twisted and bitter personalities. This in turn causes entitlement issues' amoung the populace whom long ago ran out of patience with the South Florida lifestyle' that they sought. There was a time when they imagined a trip to the Keys twice a year or more. Now with the financial burden of bankruptcy looming, the common worker living in South Florida can't afford to take time away from his job for fear that he might return only to find that he has been replaced by the above mentioned.

Dawn breaks as if it was dared. Daylight gives heed to another sweltery morning in South Florida. It won't be long before the combination of sun and humidity related with a Bermuda high' will produce stifling conditions for the atmosphere. The high pressure will keep the atmosphere too stable for any relief in the form of rain or clouds. Thick as the Cuban coffee beginning to brew over on Miami's Calle Ocho' and twice as hot, you'll be able to wear-the-air before noon time.

School children as young as nine emerge dressed as hip-hop solders. They are off to occupy their trenches, a public school no doubt, and protect their disputed territories, but not before stopping at McDonalds' first. The failed American experiment, Public Education is little more than mass daycare with an attitude. They exist as little more than modern day gladiator academies' for young

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