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Weekly Contest #323
They come for many reasons. They come to absolve their misfortunes. That which cannot be resolved, they give away willingly. They come to bear witness to their desires upon the face of another; they recall what time cannot bring back via the empathy of their relievers. They shed their faces to reveal the burning flesh beneath, and she peppers those blisters with salve made of a sticky, fleeting kinship. And when all is complete (shoulders folded from the weight of the expelled, fingers loosening the grip held for days, decades, dynasties) …t...
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