“You’re my universe,” Dominic said, appealing to Emma’s first passion. “But our relationship is spinning out of control.”
She’d cheated on him again, away at a conference.
“Everything spins,” Emma said, twirling a finger. “Earth on its axis. The moon around it. Us flying around the spinning sun. Always been that way, from the first moment there was anything.”
“But things stay together.”
“The moon moves away two inches a year. Sun will swallow Earth. The whole universe is flying apart. One Big Rip.”
“It all seems so stable, constant, reliable.”
“Day to day, it is, Dominic. And that’s the beauty.”
I love this story! The pace of the dialogue, the beautifully interwoven metaphor…I love it all! Extremely well done.
Thanks Cristina. Glad you enjoyed it.
Well done!
This is a superbly-written piece of micro fiction. I enjoyed it immensely. And I never thought about the sun spinning – I had to look that up 🙂
Ha, that’s great. The whole galaxy is spinning, too. And just about everything else!
Apt title. The girl is really putting “a spin” on this guy! He seems extraordinarily long-suffering and patient through it all, though.
I totally loved this story