The minute

What might pass through someone's mind before making an irreversible choice.

I didn’t plan this one. It just showed up. I’m on a fiction spree these days.
I was sitting still, letting the day catch up to me, and found myself inside a single minute. That’s where this came from.
It’s short. A little dramatic.

Here’s The Minute.

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1:00 – Today I’ll do it. Where are the bullets?

0:59 – In the bedroom? Storage? Fuck, of course.

0:58 – Guess I’ll have to get up. Has it always been this hard?

0:57 – The hallway is messy again. No one left to clean for.

0:56 – The photos on the wall are dusty, though

0:55 – Hm… Haven’t seen them in a while, have I?

0:54 –

0:53 – Where was I going? Right, the storage room!

0:52 – Never liked how far away that room is

0:51 – Shoes? Flip-flops? Flip-flops.

0:50 – Forgot the key, hmm…

0:49 –

0:48 – Just rob me, whatever.

0:47 – So noisy out here!

0:46 – … But those kids were kind of charming too

0:45 – I used to be good at football, didn’t I?

0:44 –

0:43 – I think. Good at pretending.

0:42 –

0:41 – Here. Always so hard to open.

0:40 – Haha, hell, look at all this junk.

0:39 – Hoarding or a life well-lived, huh?

0:38 –

0:37 – Hm…

0:36 – No, focus. Come on.

0:35 –

0:34 – There they are. Right next to the photo album.

0:33 – Look at us. Such crooked smiles.

0:32 –

0:31 – It wasn’t all bad, was it?

0:30 –

0:29 – No, this time I’ll do it. Focus.

0:28 – Not locking it. Just rob me already!

0:27 –

0:26 – Fucking brats. Think they’re all Messi.

0:25 –

0:24 – Sorry.

0:23 – So where should I do it? By the dining table?

0:22 – Better grab a rag and dust off the pictures first.

0:21 – Flip-flops on the shelf. Don’t want them thinking I was an animal.

0:20 –

0:19 – There. Much better. Nice photo. Loved that trip.

0:18 – Do they think of me? Should I call?

0:17 –

0:16 – No, they don’t care. Never did.

0:15 –

0:14 – How did I load this again?

0:13 –

0:12 – There. Fucking hassle.

0:11 – 1

0:10 – 2

0:09 – 3

0:08 – What’s that outside the window? A fox? Here?

0:07 –

0:06 – Why are you looking at me like that? Go away!

0:05 – Don’t judge me, you don’t know what it’s been like!

0:04 – I made so many mistakes. But I tried my best!

0:03 – If I could just see them, they’d understand

0:02 – I miss them. I feel them. Forever gone

0:01 – Goodbye

0:00 – … Who’s calling?

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