Alex Berechet

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“What Grows Beneath” by Alex Berechet

Submitted to Contest #287

‘I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea’ - Fyodor DostoevskySummer 1992, 7th cupThe tea still works, even though it shifts and alters more than it should. My skin is tighter, I feel it around my chin and my collarbones, but it takes curious forms here and there, either too smooth or too sharp. The first time it happened, I barely noticed – I was blinded by relief, youth. I don’t recognize my own reflection anymore. Now my patience wears thin where it once stretched long, my thoughts move too quickly and my moods shif...

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from 🇷🇴, writing occasionally for fun!!