A Dragon's Tale_Mia_the new phone_…And the Walls Came Tumbling Down…
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A Dragon's Tale
It's been many years since I first settled here--I was just a hatchling, barely able to fly."Aileth, my little darling," Mother says to me as she leaves our home, which was hidden in the forestwww.onedoor.cc. "I have to leave. You and Mosi will stay here. Wait for me," my older brother watches as she fades into the distance--her shadow heading towards the shouting and screaming from the city."Mosi?" I ask, scared for the answer. "Is mom really coming back?" Mosi just looks at me, curling himself in the corner of the room.Mother never did come back. Mosi was the oldest, and he took that to mean he was entitl...
Mia
Love potions. Such a waste of time. Mr. Heartsick sitting in front of me is starting to ramble. I can’t concentrate. I let him drone on about her freckles and hair and how her giggle makes his chest constrict. When he’s done I’ll give him my speech about how love potions cause a temporary infatuation that slowly fades out, and he won’t listen to a word. He’ll give me almost as much of his attention as I’m giving him my own now. The truth is, his only thoughts will be of basking in her infatuation and not a thing about what he needs to do to maintain it. And the truth is, that right now. The on...
the new phone
"I walked on down the street and on either side there were phone shops entreating me to buy the latest cell phone with more minutes per month than I could possible use. Everywhere people were sitting in parks, cafes, walking down the street, all with phones pressed against their ears. Some of them had the invisible headsets that make it impossible to distinguish them from the insane who argued with themselves in public. I remember that in the old days a hippy walking down the street with his mobile was practically advertising that he was a drug dealer. At the time, people thought beepers were ...
…And the Walls Came Tumbling Down…
I look out of the window again, but the panes are coated and streaked with the chalky white dust of Jerusalem. My heart is still hammering from the shock of the explosion and tearing crash that stunned me half an hour ago. I stand up but I’m still shaky. What the hell was that? That’s what the explosion of the atomic bomb over Nagasaki must have sounded like. Is that what it was? A nuclear explosion? Here in the Holy City? I hang onto the walls and claw my way to the living room to switch on the TV. The news anchor looks like I feel. Stunned. “We are waiting for further news, but rumor here in...