Em Krabs

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“A Long Day's Rain” by Em Krabs

Submitted to Contest #271

And so, the longest day in Mogali's life would end up being the shortest. Every now and again, she heard the metallic tinkle of her little trigger-ring play against the explosive payload of her suicide vest. It sounded almost musical, like the childhood dominoes she remembered from long ago. Just across the main intersection of Zaibunnisa Street, three women were drinking chai, chatting something about school, something about a boy, something about the monsoon rain being very late. It was a busy day in Karachi, but to her, it was the very l...

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From the shadow of a dark forest, I lost myself at the end of the earth. At the end of the earth, I found my true love, from my true love, I found myself again.