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Flash fiction - Break the glass

redser7 · 2015-05-15 09:53:07

It was cancer. The descent was fast and horrendous. We did what we could but it was never enough. We cried and put in the hours round our father's hospital bed. 'Break the glass!' he kept saying. Days and nights dissolved outside the window. 'Break the glass!' I wiped his spittle and kissed his hollow cheek. 'Break the…

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15-05-2015 10:53am

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redser7

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It was cancer. The descent was fast and horrendous. We did what we could but it was never enough. We cried and put in the hours round our father's hospital bed.

'Break the glass!' he kept saying. Days and nights dissolved outside the window.

'Break the glass!' I wiped his spittle and kissed his hollow cheek.

'Break the glass!' I closed the curtains.

'What have I reared? Break the glass!' he begged.

His pain-scarred face, unshaven jawbone, those caged eyes. He was not my father anymore.

He died on a Monday gazing into the mirror at the foot of his bed.

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#2 15-05-2015 11:15am
Das Kitty

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That was really affecting.

Thank you for sharing it.

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#3 15-05-2015 11:28am
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Excellent stuff. Well done.

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#4 15-05-2015 12:22pm
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This made me sad....good job

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