Prachi Bisht

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“If my hands could reach out” by Prachi Bisht

Submitted to Contest #239

2:00 AMP. is having trouble sleeping tonight. Like the other night, the one before, and the one before. She has sampled several sleeping poses in all the cardinal directions, a few breathing patterns, and a long-form square root calculation of her birthdate in her head. After every such failed circuit, she looks at me in the dark, pleadingly. She daren’t shine a light on me, lest it become real—her insomnia. She wouldn’t look at me.I made my way here only about a month ago, when a friend pointed out how remarkable my absence felt—that I coul...

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