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Rohit Pruthi

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Clockwork

Rohit Pruthi

Submitted to Contest #295

The inside of an ambulance is scary. There is a sense of urgency, rightfully, but the environment lacks a certain confidence. There are IV tubes hanging around, which as they move reflect light rather playfully. It is kind of like a discotheque, absurdly. I think I am on opioids, for pain not pleasure. In the faint light I can see dried blood stains - each carrying a memory of a prior trip, a prior life. There is a light on the top of the ambulance roof outside, blaring an ominous signal, that to me seems to be pointing to the imminent end.T...

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It’s a hot day as the bus climbs up the hill. There are a handful of people onboard, all of them listening to the lady sitting at the aisle seat in the elderly section. “He is buried in a village about twenty kms from the town we both grew up in. The most convenient way there is using this bus, at my age at least – older models like me still use public transport – most newer ones can make their own. You take this transport bus, the one which runs every day at 8:30 in the morning, and the same comes back in the afternoon. If you are close to ...

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