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The Simple Things (Digital)

The Simple Things (Digital)

1 Issue, October 2019

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MYSELF COMING BACK

MYSELF COMING BACK
She strides away from the station in the morning twilight as I run for the five-forty-two. My double – precisely me in height, in colour, the angle of her nose, the shape of her lips. This version of me has time to blow-dry her hair, and wears an old-fashioned dress with T-bar shoes, as if that is the most practical response to the day. My gaze travels with her – agog. Yet, she doesn’t acknowledge me, my loose jeans and worn-in Converse. The bleary early hour brings forward the thought, is this because I no longer exist? “You’ll be seeing us on the evening news,” I tell Eleanor – a joke – as I steam costumes. The job is beneath me, but Eleanor knew I was searching for something easy, short-term, a…
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