Velveteen
“Miss Ronica.
Even me.
Especially me.
We were all sick, and we were dying.
They didn’t know it, but I did, though not till right near the very end. But long before that, I could smell it something terrible.
I remember, during one of those clear moments, right before it happened, when the fever wasn’t so thick in my head that I couldn’t think straight, I remember looking out my bedroom window onto the street and seeing it everywhere. Smelling it, the sickness.
Everyone was... running, trying to escape. The neighbors, Mister Sam, who left his champion laying chickens to starve in their coops after he’d made such a fuss over them. Most people were running. Mama and Daddy, too.
But you can’t escape from what’s inside of you, no matter how fast you are or how long you run.
Later, looking out the car window on the day we tried to leave but couldn’t, you could tell they were getting tired by then.MoreLess
Even me.
Especially me.
We were all sick, and we were dying.
They didn’t know it, but I did, though not till right near the very end. But long before that, I could smell it something terrible.
I remember, during one of those clear moments, right before it happened, when the fever wasn’t so thick in my head that I couldn’t think straight, I remember looking out my bedroom window onto the street and seeing it everywhere. Smelling it, the sickness.
Everyone was... running, trying to escape. The neighbors, Mister Sam, who left his champion laying chickens to starve in their coops after he’d made such a fuss over them. Most people were running. Mama and Daddy, too.
But you can’t escape from what’s inside of you, no matter how fast you are or how long you run.
Later, looking out the car window on the day we tried to leave but couldn’t, you could tell they were getting tired by then.MoreLess
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