Mutuwar tashin hankalin Amurka, tare da rauni bayan Covid-19 da rashin lafiya, suna nuna kansu a Fayetteville, North Carolina, wannan Disamba yayin da nake tafiya can ranar Juma'a don taron ranar Asabar. Fort Bragg yana can, wanda shine ɗayan manyan sansanonin soja a duniya. Ganawa na tare da ƙungiyar da na sa kai tare da ke ba da shawara ga membobin soja da tsoffin sojoji, suna karɓar kira daga waɗanda ke buƙatar taimako, kuma suna jagorantar su zuwa ayyuka.
A cikin 'yan shekarun da suka gabata, sojojin Amurka sun yi ya kasa cimma burin daukar ma'aikata, a cewar kafafen yada labaran Amurka. Shafukan kasa da kasa, kamar Al Jazeera, ya kuma bayar da rahoto kan karancin. Rashin lafiyar kwakwalwa da jiki na matasa, asarar koyo, da rashin amincewa da gwamnatin Amurka da sojoji duk ana zarginsu da rashin daukar ma'aikata. Zamanin Covid na baya-bayan nan ya tsananta duk waɗannan matsalolin.
Membobin sabis na yanzu fama da matsalolin zuciya bayan an ba da umarnin Covid Shots, kuma sama da membobin sabis 8,000 aka sallame su saboda raguwar harbin, tare da membobin sun rasa fa'idodi da damar haɓakawa. An gwabza yaki a Isra'ila da Falasdinu, kuma Kwanan nan jiragen yakin Amurka sun yi luguden wuta kan jirage marasa matuka wanda ya kai hari kan jiragen ruwa na kasuwanci a cikin Bahar Maliya. Sojojin ya tura dubban sojojin Amurka zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya yayin da ake ci gaba da kai hare-hare kan sojoji a Iraki da Siriya.
Domin mahaifina soja ne, iyalina sun zauna a Ft. Bragg sa'ad da nake ƙarami, kuma mahaifina ya tashi daga nan don tura shi na farko zuwa Yaƙin Vietnam. Kwanan nan aka sake masa suna Fort Liberty. Shagunan sarƙoƙi masu ƙyalli suna layin babbar hanyar shiga cikin gari - IHOP, Panera, Ross, kowane wurin abinci mai saurin tunani, da wasu waɗanda ban taɓa jin labarinsu kamar Cinnaholic ba, duk suna haskakawa da cunkoso. Cin abinci da cinyewa suna kama da alamun wadata, amma a nan, yanzu, suna da alama sun kai wani taro mai mahimmanci mara dorewa.
Alamun yanke kauna da gwagwarmaya suna ko'ina tare da rauni mai dadi kuma suna yawo a tsakanin jama'a kamar dai muna rawar jiki a ƙarshen duniya, ƙarshen halaka lokacin da muke kyautata wa juna, yin wani nau'in haɗin kai yana da mahimmanci fiye da kowane lokaci.
"Ya isa haka?" Ina tambayar matar da ke kan kanti lokacin da na duba cikin Comfort Inn a daren Juma'a. Na gaji bayan doguwar tafiya.”
"Haka ne," ta amsa a hankali. Lokacin da na tambaye ta ina wurin cin abinci mai kyau yake, sai ta tambaye ni abin da nake so kuma lokacin da na gaya mata wasu zaɓuka kaɗan, ta fita daga ƙofar otal ɗin da ke gefena, tare da ladabi na ban mamaki, don nuna Mission BBQ ƴan kantuna kaɗan, kusa da ni in yi tafiya.
Motoci, manyan motocin tsoka, da babura masu kyalkyali sun yi ta ruri a cikin babban jigon da ke da fadin hanyoyi takwas. Lokaci-lokaci, direba yana hanzarta injin tare da mugun sauti da fashewar gudu. Kuna iya kusan jin warin testosterone. Sau da yawa ina mamakin: shin jama'ar Amurka sun fahimci ainihin abin da muke tambayar sojoji, galibi maza, suyi lokacin da muka horar da su don yaƙe-yaƙe da tura su zuwa yaƙe-yaƙe? Menene mutane suke tunani a zahiri ya faru a can? Faci na soja, hotuna, kayan aiki, da abubuwan tunawa sun cika bangon gidan abincin BBQ na Ofishin Jakadancin inda nake ci.
Babban bugu na Rundunar Sojan Amurka ya rataye sosai a babban ɗakin cin abinci. Ana nuna hotunan sojojin da suka dawo daga yaki, suna sumbatar 'yan mata, a bandakin mata.
Yarinyar da ke cin abinci tana tambayar ni abin da nake karantawa. Ta gaya mani cewa tana son karatu, cewa ta yi karatu da yawa lokacin da take zaune a Ingila, tana girma a cikin dangin soja.
"Joan Didion," na gaya mata kuma na nuna mata bangon littafin maƙala, Tafiya zuwa Baitalami. Na karanta shi a cikin shekaru ashirin kuma ina sake karantawa yanzu. Kwafi na yana da launin rawaya kuma ya karye. Ta yi min godiya, ta ce za ta duba. Gidan cin abinci yana cike da samari, masu dacewa sosai, da wasu iyalai matasa. A teburin da ke kusa da ni akwai wani katon mutum mai kyau da zane-zane a hannunsa da wuyansa. Ga alama yana tare da matarsa, mahaifiyarsa, da ɗan ƙarami.
A tafiyata ta komawa otal, na ga shagon hayaki kuma ina sha'awar yadda ban taɓa shiga ɗaya ba. Dalibai a makarantun gwamnati inda na koyar da sneak vape pipes a cikin bandakuna kuma suna shiga cikin matsala lokacin da masu gano su suka gano su. Sa’ad da nake makarantar sakandare, muna shan sigari a waje kuma wasu suna zazzage tabar wiwi, amma ban ji daɗinsa ba.
Ina so in ga yadda shagon yake. Suna ko'ina a yanzu - neon da haske, cike da launuka, kayayyaki iri-iri, layuka na kwalaye da kwalabe, layin vial da fakiti, kyandir, turare, da mai kamshi. Na yi mamakin yadda yawan jama'a a Amurka ke samun sauƙin shawo kan kulle-kullen gwamnati na Covid a cikin 2020 da bayan haka. Wataƙila shaguna irin wannan - da wasannin bidiyo - sun kasance ɓangare na amsar. Mutane sun zauna a gida, suna shan taba, suna sha (shagunan sayar da giya ba su taɓa rufe ba), suna kunna MMOGs, kuma suna jiran akwatunan Amazon su bayyana akan barandansu.
Na ce masa ni malami ne, da marubuci kuma na dora aikin jarida na, kuma ina yi wa matashin dan shekara 23 tambayoyi da ke aiki a wurin. Cikin ladabi ya amsa. Shagon yana siyar da CBD ko nicotine don bututun vape kuma ana siyar da wani nau'in taba mai ƙarfi na musamman don bututun hookah a can. A yawancin jihohi, marijuana yana da cikakkiyar doka a yanzu. Cikakkun abokan ciniki suna isowa, suna siyan takaddun birgima don marijuana, wani kuma suna siyan bututun vape, waɗanda za'a iya caji ta kowane nau'in salo. Shagon kuma yana sayar da bututun zubar da ruwa don shayar da namomin kaza. Matashin ma’aikacin kanti ya girma a cikin dangin soja, in ji shi, kuma ya ba da labarin wurare da yawa da ya zauna. Ya shiga aikin soja yana dan shekara 17, yana da shekaru hudu, ya kafa wasu wurare, ciki har da Fort Bragg, sannan ya fita. Yanzu ya rabu yana da shekara 23.
"Zan bar nan da zarar zan iya," in ji shi.
Ina komawa otal. Katunan siyayya da aka jefar tare da sharar da tsofaffin tufafin tufafi a tsakanin jeji. Wata marar gida ta kwanta a gefen motarta ta cefane, cike da tufafi da kayan kwanciya. Wuraren ajiye motoci sun cika da shara. Ina duba a harabar otal don neman shayi mai zafi.
“Ba mu da sabo a yanzu,” in ji matashin baƙar fata zaune, rabin barci, a harabar gidan. Na tambaye shi ko akwai wurin da zan iya tafiya don shan cakulan mai zafi ko shayi.
"Akwai Dunkin' Donuts," in ji shi. Ya fita daga otal din tare da ni da maki. Sanye yake da kayan tsaro. Ya ce zai yi tafiya tare da ni, cewa yana ƙoƙari ya tashi don aikin dare a hotel. Ina tambayarsa ko yana aikin tsaro bayan aikin soja? Ya ce yana cikin sojojin ruwa kuma an harbe shi a kafa kuma ya fita daga jinya kuma yanzu yana aikin tsaro a otal din. Ina tambayarsa ko yana so?
"Yana da shiru kuma ba mai wahala ba," in ji shi. Shi matashi ne, duk da haka fuskarsa tana da rawar jiki. Tsofaffin hanyoyin layin dogo suna gudu a gefen hanya. Ina gaya wa saurayin da na zauna a Fort Bragg lokacin da nake yaro, mahaifina ya tafi Vietnam daga can.
"Ya bambanta da yawa tun lokacin, na tabbata," in ji shi. "Yanzu suna kiranta da Fort Liberty, ban san dalilin da yasa suka yi haka ba, da alama ba kome ba ne, kawai suna ƙoƙarin nuna wasan kwaikwayo ne ko wani abu."
Yawancin shaguna masu haske na batsa suna haskakawa a cikin dare yayin da muke tafiya zuwa Dunkin'Donuts. Fitilar Kirsimeti suna kyaftawa da walƙiya. Ina ganin ƙarin sharar da aka taru a cikin ciyayi kuma an bazu a kan titina; bututun sigari, kofuna na robobi, da kwantena Styrofoam na wuraren ajiye motoci.
Lokacin da na dawo dakin hotel, launuka daga babban ma'anar TV a cikin dakina sun fi haske fiye da duniya a waje; siffofi da siffofi na gaske ne, musamman ma'anarsu, kusan ba su da kyau a cikin tsayuwarsu. Akwai wasan kwaikwayo na ban dariya. Bana ganin babban talbijin a gida, don haka Talabijin na otal cikin sauƙaƙan shigowa su girgiza ni. Lokacin da na yi tsayi da yawa, wani rashin lafiya na raguwar wayewar Yammacin Turai ya riske ni. Nunin, Rade Cage, yana kan babbar hanyar sadarwa a wannan daren Juma'a, cibiyar sadarwa mai salo mai salo na ido na tuno tun daga yara. Yaya TV ya bambanta yanzu.
Ma'aurata suna murmushi, tsalle, da fara'a suna bi da bi suna gudu da ɗaukar jakunkuna, kayan lantarki, turare mai ƙira, kayan adon, har da kayak daga wani shinge sannan su fitar da kayan kafin mai busa ya ƙare zagaye. Namiji ko macen sun shiga cikin gidan yayin da ɗayan yana murna da tsalle. Mutum na iya ma tura keken kafa hudu ko mota waje. Ina da sauti a kashe, ina kallon wannan yanayin da ke bayyana, wannan lalatar Amurkawa da sha'awar amfani da fitilun garish, neon walƙiya, da ƙararrawa a kan saitin. Ina tsammanin watakila ma'aurata sun yi gasa a wasu wasannin don su cancanci "kai hari kejin."
"Sake gina duniya," in ji wani tallan wasan wasan Lego mai cike da hauka mai cike da kima na kwamfuta. Tallace-tallacen Holiday Coke suna kyalli tare da dusar ƙanƙara da Santas da tauraro na kwamfuta. Shin TV ta zama mafi girman gaske bayan mafarkin Covid, bayan yaƙe-yaƙe a Ukraine da Falasdinu? Shin masu talla suna son mu a can - a cikin allo - maimakon a cikin duniya?
Kamfanonin harhada magunguna sun mamaye iska. Masu kitse suna rawa a dandalin gari a cikin tallan kwaya don rage sukarin jini. Wani talla yana shelar cewa ɗan wasan zane mai ban dariya zai ba da gwajin ciwon hanji zuwa ƙofar ku a cikin akwati. Tallace-tallacen magunguna don eczema, cutar Crohn, da kowane irin cututtuka sun cika allon. Mutane masu arziki a cikin dakuna masu kyalli tare da tinsel da zinare da ganye suna cin cakulan Lindor a hankali. Pfizer yana tallata maganin rigakafi ga mata masu juna biyu. A wata hanyar sadarwa, an kira nuni Babban Yaƙin Kirsimeti ya bayyana.
Akwai da yawa a nan. Idanuna da zuciyata sun yi zafi saboda abin da ya wuce gona da iri. Ganawa na gobe ne.
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An buga aikin Christine E. Black a cikin Muryar Dissident, The American Spectator, The American Journal of Poetry, Nimrod International, The Virginia Journal of Education, Friends Journal, Sojourners Magazine, The Veteran, English Journal, Dappled Things, da sauran wallafe-wallafe. An zabi waƙarta don Kyautar Pushcart da Kyautar Pablo Neruda. Tana koyarwa a makarantar gwamnati, tana aiki tare da mijinta a gonarsu, kuma tana rubuta kasidu da labarai, waɗanda aka buga a cikin Adbusters Magazine, The Harrisonburg Citizen, The Stockman Grass Farmer, Off-Guardian, Cold Type, Global Research, The News Virginian, da sauran wallafe-wallafe.
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