Paula Simons: The Civil War, a satire (with apologies to Ken Burns)

Selected Dispatches from the Civil Trade War
As found in the Alberta Provincial Archives, circa 2075
(with apologies to Ken Burns) 
18 January, 2019
Dearest Eliza,
I write you en route to Lloydminster, which I hear is a great conflagration. Where once stood great pillars of unity stand pillars of strife. It’s been back and forth fighting there for weeks, and along the road are countless burned out pickups, their licences plates blackened and unreadable. We’ve attached to their 3