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Jim Cummings's avatar

I'm glad you let this one out of his cage. He's an unpredictable beast of a story.

As usual, I read with admiration for the sentence structure, the imagery, the metaphor, the humor and the dead serious-message. Another thought-provoking jewel, Victor!

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

I just read this and said to the no one in my room, “I don’t want to live on this planet any more." Such despair! I actually dripped one tear. But what gets me mostly are:

The contemporary truths:

“I’m unclear what we’ve done. Or if I’m guilty.” / “We don’t say what our eyes see.” / “TV: A slop trough of lies.”

And the bizarre lines that somehow fit: "Wife puts a napkin on our cat. “Stay,” she says." / "I can count birds."

And the odd grammar: "Let’s eat a corn." / "Reporters knock the door" / "They belong punished."

You have something to say, Victor, and Sharron is listening. A mí me parece un talento tremendo.

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