SNR | LXXXIX | Some Room

LXXXIX | Some Room ❦ Finally,I locate the study room— It’s the sourceof the fire. The shelves are on fire. (Everything inside actually.) It’s now a factoryproducing smoke. My skin melts. Hands haul meupright. Away. Tammie! The siren screams at me. I fight. (I don’t realise I’ve collapsed.) I kick another canvas-clad nurse.My wet towel … Read more

SNR | LXXXVIII | Some Appearance

LXXXVIII | Some Appearance ❦ Third last stepand I finally get it. Ashes like black wisps of paper, floatthrough the air.Dark clouds rising from the ground like the world’sturned upside down. Rain is pouringfrom above into the clouds below. The heat burns,like I’ve enteredan oven. Flashes of colour, amber,white,orange,red,black. Flickering lights. A foul smell.Choking. My … Read more

SNR| LXXXVII | Some Loud Sounds

LXXXVII | Some Loud Sounds ❦ I leave. It doesn’t matterwhere I’m going. Almost immediately I crashinto something hard. Warm. A someone. Dark eyesblink down at me. A handreaching out. Wrinkled,trembling, but reaching out. A smile that’s not apologetic,not threatening. A smile of wonder. There’s nothing wonderfulabout this place. Or this world. I want to … Read more

SNR | LXXXVI | Something Not Mine

LXXXVI | Something Not Mine​ ❦ Tammie’s hair is damp,ruffled,half standing up. She’s smiling her apologetic smile. Oblivious. Safe. I almost collapsefrom relief. I hold her tightertonight, squeezing her handevery now and then, just to be sure.   A single high-pitched screamkeeps my eyes open tonight. I’ll be more tiredtomorrow than I am right now. … Read more

SNR | LXXXV | Some Defence

LXXXV | Some Defence ❦ It’s clearwhat Tammie thinks of me. (She’s tenderly running her hand over the pulseon my throat right now.) I don’t dareto ask her. Knowing the truth will hurt more. Maybe by ingratiating herself,she won’t get hurt by me again. Maybe that’ll work, but I already knowwhat I did wrong. Even … Read more

SNR | LXXXIII | Something I Misunderstood

LXXXIII | Something I Misunderstood ❦ ‘I can pursue my own dream now.’ I stared at her—uncomprehending. ‘Since that first bus ride,‘I’ve been following you. ‘Now, I have my own dream.‘When we graduate, ‘I’ll make my dream‘a reality. ‘I’ll finally be free.’   She was different. I had believed that.They fooled me. She continued to … Read more

SNR | LXXXI | Something From The Past

LXXXI | Something From The Past ❦ Everyonehas secrets, Fifi. You’re not the only one.   Everyoneis sick in some way. You’re not the only one.       ❦ We were bathed in sunlight. It shone downlike a spotlight and reflected offcolourful concrete bricks in a decorative pattern.   I sat. Crosslegged,studying. Tammie, her … Read more

SNR | LXXX | Some Accusations

LXXX | Some Accusations ❦ ‘It’s medicine time,’I yell over the dissonant music. Moonlight Sonatais barely audible in front of the studio. Inside, where Tammiedances amidst a circle of CD players, it’s probably even worse. I shake my headand yell again when she smiles apologetically.   We’re just sitting down —in my chair,she, on the … Read more

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