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For a long while he says he’s fine. Fooling no one, his friends play along with the deception. He doesn’t want to talk, leave him be. He swallows his feelings, buries them deep inside. They decompose slowly, the poison stains his skin yellow grey. His friends pretend not to notice.

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A 50-word story written by Bruce Arbuckle, inspired by the Freewriters Writing Prompt on Hive, “no feeling”

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