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The Grass Is Always Greener

May 31, 2024 2 Comments

By Cathal Forde

You’re struck by the sudden notion that you chose banality over a dream. A dream soft around the edges, shot through with the warming colors of contentment.

A life in golden hour, portrayed in sepia tones and composed of pastry crumbs and gentle sighs. A place for everything and everything in its place. The drive to have the particular thing or to be the particular person will simply melt under the soothing, all-encompassing knowledge that you are where you are meant to be, and you are there at the appointed time.

Then you come to, your face bathed in blue light.

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  1. Dart humeston says

    May 31, 2024 at 7:37 am

    Words like honey poetry. Terrific story.

    Reply
  2. Sue says

    June 11, 2024 at 3:45 pm

    Excellent imagery.

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