I am putting this here so that I have a more semi-permanent home for it, other than a yearly reminder of past posts on Facebook. I want to incorporate this into my story somehow.
OP: This is the day that Atlas did more than merely shrug. The burden has become too much and on his back he now lays bruised and broken.
Rev. 1: This is the day that Atlas did more than merely shrug; the weight of the burden has grown too much. And now, on the back which once held the very world, he lays bruised and broken.