The Forest for the Trees
For Kayleigh's Micro Fiction Challenge
They’ll never understand us symbiotes. I watched them cut us down time and time again, step mercilessly on our partners and curl their lips when their bodies broke like fish filets.
Forest nostalgia… A cruel irony.
The mycelia remember the stories of their human brethren. We grieve what’s been lost.
A/N: This was written for Kayleigh Fraser's very difficult 50-word micro fiction challenge! I had a great time writing it (and a couple more).
Photo Credit: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank
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Mackenzie Davis
Popping in for a brief season. A small bubble has surfaced and will burst again soon, no doubt. New stories expected at unexpected times. Vocal is for challenges.
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