Elaz Ivero

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“Sumatrans' a type of tiger” by Elaz Ivero

Submitted to Contest #70

From birth Sumatran was defined in writing, his character carefully calculated, tables were referenced, time and date taken into account. Every piece of paper, every prediction painted on his in-progress portrait led to the same number, sān, three. The word penetrated the surface of his skin, entered his body and permeated there, a taboo tattoo. He was born in the year of the tiger, 1998 sometime in February no one in the families quite sure of the exact date. According to folklore, the tiger came third, struggling to swim against the ...

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