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New Dreams

August 21, 2018 3 Comments

New Dreams

By Daniel Flaherty

I remember when you first called me about your screen. “Come over! Come quick!” you told me.

The screen looked just like a computer. Then I saw the wires. They fell like hair from your jerry-rigged brain. You said I wouldn’t feel a thing.

“How’d you…I can’t believe you can see my thoughts, you’re reading my thoughts right now, right off the screen!”

You showed me your biography, at least that’s what you called it. I saw your dreams on the screen.

Before then I always forgot mine. My life changed that day. And I didn’t even feel a thing.

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  1. SUNIL VINAYAK GANU says

    August 21, 2018 at 7:21 am

    Eerie

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  2. Ariffa says

    August 21, 2018 at 9:59 am

    Cool story! I like it.

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  3. Vijay Shankar says

    August 21, 2018 at 11:36 am

    A very imaginative and creative story. To me it seemed to be a very subtle realization of love. Well crafted.

    Reply

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