IN THE HOSPITAL Cole

spent most of his time in his room
the pills for 'the voices and visual "hallucinations"" made him sick and tired and hungry
they made his body writhe and flinch

eventually he made his way out of the room
it was important
the Dr said for him to "join the community"

mainly he watched television in "day room"

one night a nurse he had befriended brought a DVD of an old TV movie.
"Safety in Umber"
he had heard tales of the story concerning the book "Safety in Umber"
it was sort of an urban legend
how a studio was shut down because of it,supposedly because the film company was placing some type of"secret" code system in their films

"Safety in Umber" concerned some type of conspiracy perpetrated by some corporation or group trying to take over ,take over the world or something
the entire premise was laughable

the group in the book and the tv movie had  created their own style of governing
which began by getting families together to raise their children in a certain way
"the Way"would become commonplace in the decades to come
.the "group" with connections far and wide would see to it.

this "new world" is set in the near future  or the TV movie's idea of the near future in the 1970's
alot of white robes  and gold leaf
besides the awful costumes the future according to "safety in Umber" also concerns
 suppositions of Collective Mind Communication and something called the Endless Possibilities Program
 a silly movie, poorly shot ,the film stock and production values so bad that for no reason the colors would change mid frame.bad acting ,horrible music...

In the midst of this idiocy there is a boy brought up Umber style who happens to be  named Cole .

Cole grows up to a writer.A writer against "the Umber style"
A RUINER,he is called

just when you think he and some advocates have won this ridiculous "battle"over subversion or suppression .
out of nowhere a blonde named Josie  appears and  pokes the actor named  Cole's eyes out
as according to the blonde who vaguely..NO not vaguely looked like Cole's own mother says  "he cannot see the beauty he has tried to destroy."
It made about as much sense as the rest of the movie which ended abruptly with some type of joyous
celebration set to the music of some 1970's ideas of futuristic pop music.

"did you like the picture?"the nurse asked Cole when it was through

Cole nodded his head, groggy from the meds
"did you GET the picture?" she asked,making her fingers form some gesture of poking.As if she was going to poke out his eyes.

That didn't just happen/he thought returning to his room,deciding he would check out the next day.
he wasn't really hearing voices anymore nor seeing things.

Or that's at least what the nurse ,he thought ..(and to whom it would become more clear as time went on .
and as time ..all but stopped for Cole Cohen )
the nurse.
was .
implying with her gesture.