soliloquy (or; please don't leave my cheeks dry and my mind empty) (2024)

"If I died today... would anyone cry for me?"

A short story in three parts—verbally contemplating on the death of an insignificant person—riddled with self loathing of both the living, and the dead. For death is a bitter tasting joke with no set-up; only a shocking punchline leaving those who remain with the unbearable weight of grief and longing.