Eleven-Eleven by Mario PIERRE 75 Word Story writing prompt entry |
Mom died at the age of ninety-two. During her last months,
she kept repeating the digits
‘eleven-eleven’. She would scribble ’11-11’ everywhere, and would tell everyone around:
“ It’s eleven-eleven, isn’t it?”
Exasperated, I told her one morning, “Mom, you know my birthday’s on November eleven, right?”
“SHUUUSH!” She whispered. “That’s not it, Emily!” I watched her draw her last breath. I shivered as I glanced at the wall clock. It read: “11-11 PM.
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