Stuart Gibbs

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“An Incessant Cycle ” by Stuart Gibbs

Submitted to Contest #103

The watch stopped ticking.  But I have yet to figure out what he needed to tell me so desperately. He’s left all these miscellaneous hints, his diary, his watch, subsidiaries books with notes he couldn’t even possibly read. 1.7.92 He fell into a coma.  Its 8:45 A.M. His lifeless hands swung by his side, as his pale flaky skin turns to a blur. My face feels damp with tears. I too, am lifeless as I’m unsure if I’m crying for him or for us.  Its 9:03 A.M, he’s dead.  I stare at the burning red mark on his neck, maybe thi...

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