Temposcopium n. 32
A Permanent Job
Portrait of a refuse to choose
When they offered her a permanent job, she realized with her own surprise she wasn’t happy about it. She had wished to get a stable job, because it’s a good thing for a woman in her thirty, but still, when they gave her that good news, a pat on her back sounded to her like a heavy door closing off behind her. Her instinct scremed like a trapped animal, but when she heard it, it seemed to be too late. She realized she must be content instead, and, as a good girl she was, she was content for the monhts and years to come, until it was left in her but a single blood drop.
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2022