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Narrator of the Pressed State.

She kept up with her housekeeping.

Typically. Very Neat. Shelves everywhere.

 

Today, the melon baller was out of place

and she was busy batting flies.

 

Actually, there was only one fly.

Senses deceived.

 

The humming was too loud to go undisturbed.

Attention becomes focused digitally

 

on enhanced minute wrecks.

Hours spent trying to get the flies.

 

Illusion.

One fly.

 

She didn't know. Suspected worst.

Kept at it.

 

The sexless man walked in with a tophat. Brimmed.

Asks why the dishes weren't done.

 

Too Busy.

 

Why the floor not swept.

 

Too Busy.

 

Vacuum.

 

There's flies to get. I'm busy.

 

 

The house is a mess. The house is a wreck.

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Dec 1, 2013
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