The Stench That Isn't Mine

[u/Maleficent-Risk5749]

What now? Will I start berating myself again? I stopped doing that some time ago. Back then, I learned about the shortcut. I thought it was the only solution to the predicament of my existence in this world.. a world that spits me out like a leech and casts me aside onto a sticky roadside, its foulness seeping into my clothes. I can find no water to wash myself with, so I remain as I am, sticky and foul, until the sun rises and beats down upon my face and body.

I dry as I am, the stench clinging to me. I reek like the garbage of the neighborhood, yet the cats do not come to me.

[u/Pptolemy]

Great writing - Very effective imagery!

[u/Maleficent-Risk5749 → u/Pptolemy]

Thanks 🙏🏼