Flesh and Bone by William Alton

Author:William Alton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Luminis Books, Inc.
Published: 2015-11-26T05:00:00+00:00

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I CANNOT SEEM to do anything. Gravity seems to have doubled here. I’m weak and tired, but my back hurts and my mind spins as if running from a fire that’s completely circled it, leaving nowhere to go.

The mattress is firm, but soft at the same time. Blankets are a warm and comfortable weight on my thighs, my shoulders, my arms. I cannot move, but I have to. I have to get up. I can no longer stay in bed, even though waking seems a dangerous and wild proposition.

My feet hit the floor and I straighten up from my bed. Dressing quickly, I stumble into the living room. No one’s up yet. Mom’s only been home an hour or so. Grandma has taken to sleeping in since Grandpa died.

I make coffee in the kitchen and find eggs in the refrigerator. Outside, a fog rises from the grass in the field. The sun is up, but the light is pearly and hard. I think that I could kill myself now and all they’d find is a body. They wouldn’t have to worry about decomposition. Someone would find me soon enough.

But how? I ask myself. The knives are not sharp enough. I’ve tried them before and the best I could get was a burning scratch on my wrist. I could fall on it, though. It would drive through the muscles in my belly and lacerate the liver or the bowel. I’d probably live through it, though, and then the mess, the blood all over the place. Even if I died, someone would have to clean it up and I’m not rude enough to leave a chore like that for anyone else.

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