Deep — Throat Sirens

Then, as suddenly as it began, it stopped.

The voice continued: "The Deep Throat Sirens will activate once more in 24 hours. And then again. And then again. They will never stop. Not because we are cruel. But because you have forgotten how to be afraid of the right things. You fear terrorism, recession, strangers. You do not fear car crashes, loneliness, the quiet failure of your own heart. This is a correction." deep throat sirens

The burrito guy stood up, confused. The businesswoman touched her face, bewildered by the tears. Nobody remembered the sound. Nobody could describe it. They only remembered the feeling —a profound, wordless certainty that something terrible had just passed them by. Then, as suddenly as it began, it stopped