The Sum of All Games
The field below is an undulating Rorschach test, ten thousand overlapping players forming ever-shifting patterns of dramatic wins and crushing defeats.
Death has freed me from the shackles of linear time but by concentrating, I can distill individual events.
The Champion’s memorial is nearest, the crowd standing silently for their lost hero. I move backward, like paging through a book, watching each milestone passed.
Then, I see that carefree boy sneaking in to play, before I was the Champion.
I turn away from the endless night and clutch at those innocent moments that were, in the end, the very best.
The Green-Walled Treehouse 
You’re so good at these. You’re my flash fiction hero. 🙂
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Thank you, truly. 🙂
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I love the word truly. So old school, so Shakespeare, so romantic. 🙂
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My baseball fan was a ghost, too.
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Great minds think alike, eh? At least in your story Jeff got to eat a hot dog and have a beer. That’s how I want to spend my dead years. 🙂
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Death has freed me from the shackles of linear time. watching each milestone passed. carefree boy sneaking. clutch at those innocent moments. I can’t choose a favorite line
I let myself read this twice in order to absorb the meaning. This is very well done.
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Thank you, Alicia. Wow, that means a lot. I appreciate your comments.
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No thanks needed. You wrote a wonderful 100-word story.
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Beautifully done
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Thanks, Neil. Thank you for reading.
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Definitely worth more than a couple of reads. Lovely.
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Thank you, Sandra. So glad you liked it.
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Dear David
Only you could take a picture of a baseball stadium and turn it into a work of art. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, Rochelle. So glad you liked it. Your comments always make my day.
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And maybe it will be just like that. Good imaginings, David.
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Thanks, Lisa. 🙂
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You’re welcome 🙂
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