Hey short story!
I know this,
you are a sweeping force. Not a familiar feeling in my hands. You are this pen
and this paper taken out in the middle of a bar so I can quickly get it all
down before I forget. You are a short story. Ending too soon and with no real
wrap-up. And to you, perhaps I am a minor character. Whats wrong about it anyway,
as long its memorable and entertaining... Do you think I am a little short
story too?
My short story is about a young
lady, shall just called it a lady, just because it sounds classy, unconsciously
passing her early twenties, who wasn’t ready to read everything that was handed
to her, everything she bought from miles of those books in a dusty, old used
library. Everything she unknowingly, naively checked out of the library. Like
the author of a short story, you are more fascinated by the way I feel about
you, than you are interested in treasuring my feelings. When it comes to an
end, we are, after all, just a short story. A page. A paragraph. A typed word.
We meander about, going nowhere.
Can I have a novel instead a story? But novels
are long. Novels are complex. Novels are a long-term commitment.
So instead, I
picked you up.
You became my short story, and we are as yet
unpublished.. sweet in memory
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