{"id":36,"date":"2024-01-30T14:57:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T14:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/100springs.com\/?p=36"},"modified":"2024-01-30T14:57:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T14:57:03","slug":"flash-fiction-suicide-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vinaya.com.np\/theword\/2024\/01\/30\/flash-fiction-suicide-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash Fiction: Suicide Note"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"46098212fc2f9bee8b0ca8ef084d6029\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5781035789902986\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5781035789902986\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5291051281\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Rain! Oh, it\u2019s raining. Rafik\u2026Rooja\u2026Fatima&#8230;where are you Fatima? When will the super be ready, what&#8217;s cooking in. Will you get me a cup of tea? Fatima, get me a cup of tea, did you hear what I said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fatima speaks from a distance. Why\u2026I&#8217;m busy in the kitchen. Rooja, go and see your father what&#8217;s he after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This woman is always busy for me. Rooja? Why would I see that shameless girl? She doesn&#8217;t cover her head, hangs out with unbelievers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What the hell was that? Hey tell me who are you? Wait, I&#8217;m coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s nothing here, where has it gone? What&#8217;s this thing on my hand? Mm\u2026It\u2019s a rope. A rope? How did it come here&#8230;Hey you geckos crawling on the wall, don&#8217;t ever dare to stare at me, wait, wait for me, you ugly creatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here you scamper. You were challenging me, huh? What do I do with this rope\u2026Oh, where have those geckos gone&#8230;Err on the ceiling, ha, you have taken refuse beside the fan. So you want to play a game. Alright, wait for me I&#8217;m coming to get you&#8230;Don&#8217;t laugh, I can get you if I stand on the chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here I &#8216;m, I can almost touch you now. So you think you still want to fight me. Let me see what you&#8217;re doing. Ha, awful geckos are feeding on mosquitoes! I thought, you were glaring at me, poor creatures, you don&#8217;t feel like me. Do you feel pain; no, I mean not the physical one, just like my agonies\u2026Why is this rope still on my hand?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rooja\u2019s distant voice: Abba, where are you&#8230;Abba\u2026.Brother did you see&#8230;Abba&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t want to see you, shameless people. You mock me, you don\u2019t believe the Prophet, you have no faith in Allah. 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