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OPINION: I Sat Down. And then, Instantly, I Began to Sink into the Cube

January 30, 2015 Leave a comment
By an Unfortunate Man

By an Unfortunate Man

IMPORTANT OPINIONS

It was a white room full of stars, patches and a cube. There was a chair. It looked comfortable so I sat down. And then, instantly, I began to sink into the cube.

It lasted hours. A long transformative period inside the cube. There were great swaths of vermilion interlaced with thick globs of pallid ochre. And then I was reincarnated as a dispossessed god-figure struggling to re-establish my dominion in the far-future.

There was a great orb of a moon. It was very near and filled the night with radiance. And then they said, “stop looking at the moon velex* and step into the challenge polyhedron.”

There it was before me. A hideous, abominable polyhedron. I had no choice but to step inside.

I fought the other dispossessed god figures all night. I was the victor. Slowly, my hegemony would again be recognized.

*The author has informed us that “velex” is a synonym for “asshole” utilized only in the distant future.

OPINION: Some Balloons Passed Really Close by My Face

November 24, 2014 Leave a comment
balloon man

By an Unfortunate Citizen

OPINION

I was sitting there. It was at a table in the basement. There was a plastic tablecloth. There was a bowl of chips but it was far away.

And then some balloons passed really close by my face.

I lurched backwards. I looked to my left and then to my right. Nothing. I moved back to the table.

I looked at the chips. I wanted some.

And then some balloons passed really close by my face.

I yelled out. There was a hallway that led upstairs. I heard a little noise there but then nothing. A light in the ceiling fixture buzzed and then flamed out. It grew darker.

And then some balloons passed really close by my face.

The door to the hallway suddenly closed. The chips were suddenly closer. There was that. I moved my eyes far to the left.

I am waiting.

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