10X10X10
issue 2
| 05/26/08: Issue 2
Apart
Rose died the other night. Charlie was distraught, morose. They were two souls who belonged to each other, sharing their lives for many years, celebrating the high times and enduring the low times together. They would unabashedly cuddle in public and chatter and quarrel, too. They would share every meal and groom pin feathers from each other’s head. Charlie can share solace with his neighbor pal, Carl, but life won’t be the same without Rose. They often would raise their voices together in intricate duets of counterpoint rhythms and fugue-like melodies. But no more. Charlie still sings, but now his songs are soliloquies.
After he retired from his life as a research biologist four years ago, Clifford A. Hui continued his personal growth by learning about writing fiction. He's been encouraged by having some of his work published in The Yolo Crow, The Flatlander, www.wanderingarmy.com and now 10X10X10.
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