Daniella Dsouza Michaeli

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“Sympathy for a Kettle” by Daniella Dsouza Michaeli

Submitted to Contest #160

I whistle as hard as my organs let me, letting out clouds of smoke from my long neck. I am almost breathless, but I can hear my whistles bounce off the bare walls. I can smell the stale air, filled with fragments of almost, but not completely, forgotten memories. The longer I am abandoned, the smaller my voice becomes. What used to be a whistle has now burned itself down to a mere wheeze as my lungs inch closer and closer to giving out.I can feel the bottom of my vessel begin to reach a temperature that grows more painful as each minute pass...

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“The Prude of Spring” by Daniella Dsouza Michaeli

Submitted to Contest #158

“You have to do it.” He tells me as he brings a cigarette to his dry yet still pink lips. He draws a breath, slowly inhaling the smoke, and then exhales it through his nose. “I know,” I sign, “I just don’t understand why he wants me to do it.” “He is known to have odd requests. I don’t know, but it would be suspicious if this happened in any other way. We don’t want to test him.” He says with frustration hugging his words. Many words enter my head about how stupid this whole way of running a society is and how angry I am about it, but ...

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