Isaac Manning

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“Alexithymia” by Isaac Manning

Submitted to Contest #81

I was feeling pessimistic when I first met him. I was sat at the bar, submerged in my own self-pity as I stared into a welcoming glass of rum and coke. I knew ordering a rum and coke was a little unfledged. A glass of wine would have been more mature. Maybe a glass of whiskey to remind me when I lived in Scotland. But fuck it, I was in a bad mood and I needed a reminder of my adolescent years to lift my mood.It did not. It made me feel worse.I did not know at the time why I felt dispirited. Realization came a little while later.I sighed and ...

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