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  • Acquiescence
  • A Fork's Life
  • Anesthesia
  • THE PEARL BEYOND THE SAND
  • Acquiescence

    They stand in the dark, holding hands and looking out the tall picture window. The moon is a sliver tonight and the blackness clings to the palace walls like fresh tar. For a long time neither of them says a word; this is not yet the fraught silence of lovers at war.“It’s time,” says the prince suddenly. The princess squeezes his hand and pulls him closer. “What if I’m not ready yet?”“It is time,” the prince says again and pulls away. The princess watches him recede and already she knows she will acquiesce. *   Once upon a time in a land not unlike ours there lived a prince and princess. They ...UwRone door

    A Fork's Life

                                      A Fork's Life It's dark in here. So dark I can't even see the rest of my brothers and sisters lying next to me. But, of course, this is how it should be when one's living quarters are inside a drawer. Look at me clean and sparkling. And so, another morning begins as it has done for more mornings than I care to remember. I imagine prison must feel something like this. The same daily routine day after day after ach! It's not such a terrible existence. At least I know my tines will never go hungry. But it would be nice to experience a slight variation. Aha, I ca...UwRone door

    Anesthesia

    The first thing I see is this aggressive brightness. It’s as if I am staring at a row of suns. I try to squint. The suns seem to sway and pulsate, even oscillate above me. My eyes struggle to adjust, strange figures, creatures, organic shapes circling on the ceiling. I shift my focus forward. Masked faces hover around my torso, bright red and a shiny silver in the center of them. Suddenly, they surround me, speaking in water. No, not water. Mud. Speaking in mud. The garbled words on their mwww.onedoor.ccouths I cannot not see only make the lights feel brighter and hotter. I suddenly feel unbearably hot. Som...UwRone door

    THE PEARL BEYOND THE SAND

    Caution suicidal thoughts but happy endings:It was another dismal day and Jake was annoyed. He stood watching the seashore aware of the turmoil inside him; realising that with every wave broken at the water’s edge, his breathing was slower. Huh! who was he kidding? It was the cigarette periodically between his lips and mostly between his fingers! It was the only thing keeping him warm and stress-free. Even in this, he was confused. Another job interview was over another waste of time. No one wanted a broken has been of a man of no fixed address and who managed to shower before the interview, b...UwRone door

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