Very poignant Elsha, but very beautiful. There’s no malice, no hate, no grudge to be had in the narrator’s voice. I know I myself wouldn’t bend that easily, but I admire this narrator’s passive resistance, and his peaceful surrender (even though surrender’s not quite the right word here, because in a sense (s)he really hasn’t given up).

Thanks for entering! ¡Buen dicho!

Ya.. really good… This one reminds me of a series we had going on the old Ficlets – where Writing was outlawed, and the League of Awesome rebelled.

That was dark, dark, dark but with a valiant overtone to it. It reminds me of the end of ‘A Tale of Two Cities’. A spin off of Kevin’s piece about the burlap sacks and BCGs?

yeah THX, sort of.. i was inspired, I guess. I went back to the challenge post and thought about it and hat’s what came out.. :P

I adored it , the last line is awesome.

that is one scary distopian future!

Maybe it’s just me.. but it reminds me of the Hawk estate. Remember our false wall? Only that was fireworks, not books.

I wrote mine before I read yours. Both of our protagonists end up dead.

Really dark, really poignant. She’s beautiful in her attitude and so steely-strong in the face of death.

Wonderful piece. Thank you.

The last line is beautiful. Love it.

Very nice and succinct; beginning – middle – end. “V for Vendetta” meets “Fahrenheit 451” after a fashion, y’know? And, yes, I very much enjoyed it!