Five

by Ilona Bannister

so here we are. The child, the mother, the businessman, the old woman, and the gambler. One of them will die despite your attachment to them, regardless of your judgment of their behaviors or your empathy with their situation. There is probably one that you’re okay with getting rid of. Of course there is. You’ve chosen your favorite. You don’t have to admit to anyone who it is. But perhaps you should ask yourself why, what makes them worthy of surviving in the internal universe of your brain where you are God.