Rejection: Fiction

by Tony Tulathimutte

The worst feeling in the world is winning the patronizing approval of someone so, so stupid.

For all people claim to hate being stereotyped, they love doing it to themselves, even better when someone they admire does it to them, they’re dying to be issued their personhood so they can pursue it without hesitation, hence astrology and personality quizzes.

You’re an apple, and nothing’s wrong with you, you think. You look, taste, and cost the same as the others. If something were wrong with you, the FDA would’ve caught it. Nonetheless because of your placement, or for some other reason, or no reason at all, no grocery shopper will touch you, and by the time you’re finally noticed, you’re as rotten as you always knew you were.