Not Coming Back
fiction by Luke O’Neil
For you
On your timeline it’s still the second inning of a game your favorite team lost last night.
Activists are protesting the coming execution of a dead man the governor declined to pardon.
On your timeline it’s still Halloween and all the skeletons and princesses are giddy with childish gluttony.
There’s a beautiful beach town unbothered by a looming storm.
No cars stacked atop of one another like felled dominoes.
Nothing has happened anywhere.
On your timeline a friend still has last week’s smile on in a selfie she felt insecure about.
A movie no one went to see is about to premiere.
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