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Short Story

Crucifix

A short story by Danny Kodicek.

***got a good reason***

– Crucifixion is the only choice. In a world where our choices have been taken from us one by one, only the crucifix remains, the last symbol, the only decision left to us. Oh, the illusion is there, the illusion that makes me think that the step I take is my will, but that choice is a figment, imposed by the world which, choiceless, I inhabit. Look –

– AND HERE THE FIGURE IN ITS GRASSWORLD INTERACTIVE GARMENTS AND RETINAL STIMULATORS WILL GESTURE TO ITS INTERNAL AUDIENCE, INDICATING THE DESOLATION ABOUT IT WHICH IT CANNOT PERCEIVE –

– the invisible world hidden behind the facade that imposes itself on my senses, that determines my actions even as I am unaware of it. How in the face of this can I believe that my movement –

– HE WILL LEAP AT THIS POINT.

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