I don’t want to get up. If I get up, I have to get ready. If I get ready, I have to say goodbye. A wild fluttering comes from my balcony. I get up to find a robin stuck in the sticky liquid that keeps pigeons from roosting. I step outside to help but the bird panics, flapping its wings violently. I hold it, keep it still, and free its broken legs. When I let go, it drops straight down. I bury its little body by a tree. Then I go back upstairs and get ready for my father’s funeral.
Kai Delmas loves creating worlds and magic systems. His debut drabble collection, Darkness Rises, Hope Remains, was published by Shacklebound Books. www.kaidelmas.com Bluesky: @kaidelmas.bsky.social Patreon: kaidelmas X: @KaiDelmas