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Author's Notes / Summary:
Alvarez unravels on D-tabs.
I wrote this a long time ago in response to a prompt in the livejournal "Hard Time 100" community.
The prompt was: "Write a story in which somebody says a word or phrase in a language other than English."
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“Cree.”
believe there is nothing left to believe in for the next one year five years ten years thirty years a lifetime
“Cree yo soy tu.”
believe I am you your family in this place a grandfather a father you a son a baby in your arms all lifeless
“Yo soy tu.”
I am you with you against you in you skin to skin to lips to fingers to close your eyes tired blind gone
“Tu, Miguel.”
you Miguel mind spinning heart beating lungs panting veins pulsing throat swallowing D-Tabs keep them running keep them coming keep coming coming coming