On the immortality planet

short story 2024 published in issue 12: Ouroboros, Plinky Plonky

It’s been an endless year of political lies, painful cries, dark skies, red eyes, broken ties, creepy guys, wasted tries.

Ten years in one,
forty in two –
ridiculous skew.
Death on the count of three –

– around the Christmas tree,
at the dinner table,
parents are telling a fable
about a perfect-perfect future.