fiction - drabble for "Balance"
Mar. 13th, 2011 04:44 pmThe alien spaceship looms high above the city, its death ray nearly ready to fire. A team of brave pilots are humanity’s last hope. The fate of the Earth itself hangs in the balance.
Then mom calls me in for lunch.
By the time I make it back to the sandbox, the conflict is over. The neighbor’s dog has trampled the city and buried the alien ship. In the next instant, two things happen.
First, I learn that conflict between two forces leaves them both vulnerable to destruction by a third party.
Second, I become a cat person.
Then mom calls me in for lunch.
By the time I make it back to the sandbox, the conflict is over. The neighbor’s dog has trampled the city and buried the alien ship. In the next instant, two things happen.
First, I learn that conflict between two forces leaves them both vulnerable to destruction by a third party.
Second, I become a cat person.
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Date: 2011-03-16 03:31 pm (UTC)