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Alex Jenkin's avatar

(Nods in solemn recognition)

God I hope the good ones were penguins..

Saint-Lazare's avatar

My heart shattered at the truth in the conclusion.

RM Greta's avatar

Just based off my last post where so many people said “I can see this happening” 😞

Saint-Lazare's avatar

🤬

kirby's avatar

that last paragraph…holy moly. this was a lovely and horrific ride from start to finish in the best way

RM Greta's avatar

Thank you so much! I always loved fables for their detached horror.

Ed the Editor's avatar

Cliff top birds are stupid and short sighted. They actively ignore that everyone is a bird. Great parable.

RM Greta's avatar

Thank you. And you are correct.

Jared Michael's avatar

Love me some parables. Awesome stuff

RM Greta's avatar

Thank you! I feel like you can drag anyone you want in a parable hahah

Nick Winney's avatar

what a parable for our days. well done RMG. you're a veritable well spring of written goodness!

RM Greta's avatar

Thank you so much, Nick! “Veritable well spring of written goodness" just made my day.

Mac Sitko's avatar

It will only come for me? My God. (5AM first reading, blurry eyes)

Hitchcock would be proud.

JamesLuo's avatar

we're burning witches too

It matters what you say, it matters what you do

Now we're fighting in our hearts

Fighting in the streets

war is stupid

and people are stupid

And love means nothing

Nick Buchheit's avatar

The last line is fucking dynamite! Drop the mic.

RM Greta's avatar

Thank you, Nick! I love the little paths that writing leads us on.

Nick Buchheit's avatar

It is the best.

MA Knight's avatar

Potent.

Hylia Corvidae's avatar

Poignant parallel, perfect devastation with the ending on both feelings and phrasing

(Feel like this comment has an awkward alliteration but it says what I felt in the moment 😅)

Hylia Corvidae's avatar

Ugh the last line though, so so biting but lovely wording

RM Greta's avatar

Thank you! I liked the image of the wave trying to eat the sky.