Dec 3, 2006

The prompt, begun-ish

She keeps imagining how he’d felt, before he died. And then she gets confused, and she doesn’t understand anymore what it means, where she is, and whether she’s started over again. All the positive implications of the word reborn are gone to her, and now all it means is a return to a weaker state, not knowing or being able to know much. She is only old enough to cling to those around her, breathing incredulously and traitorously.

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