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Alun Evans
Styx
(100 word play adapted from "Chaos" short for Royal Court's Young Writer's Festival)
Edge of a forest. B watches the lake.
A arrives.
A
I saw some bluebells on the walk, waving to me in the breeze.
B
How did you react?
A
Badly. I gave them the finger.
Silence.
A
How long has it been?
B
Ten years... Eight? I can't remember. It's pretty consistent. Nothing looks different.
A
And me?
B inspects A.
B
Less pimples, more wrinkles. The weakness is still visible.
Silence.
A
Can I join you?
B
Nothing would please me more.
A steps closer, hugging B's waist.
B puts his arm around A.
They look out across the lake.
Distant sounds of rowing.
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