Reconstruction
by Jodi Barnes
My favorite lie is that he'd escaped the South Tower before it collapsed. Smoke inhalation erased his way home. Mine's better than mother's version: a stranger hurled herself onto him. The truth is when they stopped search and rescue, mother told father, Go. Even dead, his girlfriend meant more than we ever would.
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A 53-word story published in Press 53's Prime Number Magazine, Issue 29.
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Yes, indeed. Your mother's version is lame. *
terse and wonderful.*
an eternity in a grain of sand.
somehow, I believe this happened. Just as somewhere there are survivors who want to stay gone.
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The closing is disturbing and effective. Good wriritng.
Very effective.
Good work, Jodi. Crisp and clean. The opening hooked me..."My favorite lie."*
There's so much in this small piece. Learned much about 3 characters. Well done. *