Wow, and you said mine was cynical. That went really dark, a whole descent into self-loathing madness in 1024 characters. And nice subtle touch that he’s approaching his 40’s but living with mom? Brutal. LoA
That is dark. I feel sorry for him, approaching 40, balding, still living at home with his mom… and yet at the same time, I couldn’t help but laugh when I got to the part about him looking like an escaped mental patient after the rough shave. Of course, when he started crying and smashing his head into the mirror I felt bad for him again.
Kerm, you’ve got a broad scope with your ficlets, a real variety. You’re the ficleting equivalent of a baskin robbins—so many different flavors. I just read a story of yours that documented a mischevious monkey and then clicked on this. All I can say is whoa. The opposite spectrums fried my cerebrum. Excellent dark story here, incredibly pathetic and depressing character.
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