Her printer cartridges had long ago
ran out of ink. But she continued
printing anyway. Blank, stark white
sheets of paper stacked up in the finishing tray. When the printer reached the end of the
document and then clicked and shuddered before falling silent (as it always did
when finished), she scooped the blank pages from the tray.
A curious satisfaction overcame her as
she thumbed through the blank pages.
Eventually, she found a large
envelope, addressed it, and enclosed the ghost pages inside.
The following day she posted the
envelope.
Off into the mechanics of this world
it went: the story of her life.
-- Mitchell
Hegman
The story of her life is consistent wIth living in a Petri dish.
ReplyDeleteSeems so. With room to grow!
DeleteSounds like my brain Saturday to Monday.
ReplyDeleteI think we all find ourselves there from time to time.
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