We are Allowed to do That Here

a short story

JA Vassili

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Photo by Adrien Olichon on Unsplash

All of us are happy here but it is a consequence of growing older that you begin to forget things, so I insist on reminding everyone how lucky we are.

We eat every day; fruit and good bread, meat, and cake, sometimes there is wine.

The lights go out at ten. We can sleep, or we may choose to take a turn outside; or we can gather in the…

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JA Vassili

I write fiction, essays, and poetry. I write what I want to read; I read what I want to write. I’ve been at it since I was a kid; I’ll be at it when I’m ancient