M. A. Black

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“The Last One” by M. A. Black

Submitted to Contest #277

Being a match is not that fun.Born from a wooden stick, you just sit all day in a thin box, forced to spend the rest of your time with about fifty of your own kin. Your head is painted usually pale and all you know is that one day you’ll be lit on fire. The absurdly humorous thing about being a match destined to burn in flames is that you know exactly how you’re going to die. It will be swift, short, sort of spectacular and a tinge over the top as you’ll be ignited, but kind of sweet. You know that you’ll bring comfort to people, that your s...

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