You blink and suddenly it’s dark and all you hear is the shuffling of a worm coming your way. Even when your eyes are open you still hear him. You swear you saw something from the corner of your eye. You walk outside for some fresh air. Find a nice lake and take it in. You’re free. See some ducks swim by and you smile. One of them turns to you and quacks but it’s no duck quack. That is the quack of a man. You blink for a second and when your eyes open up again it’s all pixels. You never left. You will never leave.
Liz Chiqitadave; April 10 2019

















