Six tears shed over you. I counted. After that, those ducts ran dry. The switchboard girls crowded around me, oohing and aahing and clucking their tongues. Like hens on the nest. Didn’t they know I needed my space?
I threw down my headset, watching it ricochet off splintered wood panels. Dusty corners sent up plumes of grey smoke.
Blinding light and nauseous haze. I ran for home, beat down by summer vehemence.
Strange odours. Peculiar feelings. I grabbed the knife, plunged it into the pillows. Again. I was liberated, until the lump shifted. It wore a face like yours, remorse and pain etched in shifting degrees.
Copyright © 2015 by Emily Clayton
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Emily Clayton 