i live in a state capital.  the military is out in force.  all day i've heard/seen the choppers circling overhead.  it was chores day.  our weekly chores.  it is our habit to get takeout for dinner on chores day.  when i left for jimboy's tacos the chopper was orbiting overhead with its cyclopic eye.  anna asked if i thought it was prudent to drive to get dinner.  the capitol is west.  a couple of miles.  i'd be driving east.  a couple of miles.  it is 12:30 a.m.  i just heard the chopper's rotors whine.