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Weekly Contest #232
One match left. I gazed at the matchbox as it sat on the ground next to me, slightly illuminated by the emergency candle. Over the past four or five weeks I had committed the physical presence of this matchbox to memory. I traced each line within the design, peered closely at the print and tried to examine each blob of ink, each fraying layer of cardboard, each minuscule imperfection that constituted the box. I had wholly integrated my conscience into the world of this matchbox. I thought myself to be an expert of its landscape, a master of...
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