S Aldrich

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“The Trial of Identity” by S Aldrich

Submitted to Contest #278

"Please rise for the honorable Judge." Everyone stands so I do as well. A man in a robe traipses down the aisle, sweeping the dust from the floor though only moving it barely, as if pretending to clean it without making any progress. In fact, it doesn’t even move that much dust, it only makes a long trail on the floor, dust moved to the side as if shamed. As he passes, his air suffocates me. An air of pretentious prestige. An air I will have to breathe to plead my case. What case? The Judge sits at his desk and bangs the gavel, “orde...

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