The Obverse

My shadow turned red today. Well, I noticed today that my shadow was red, which doesn’t necessarily mean that it turned red today. You know?
I wonder why. Maybe I’m dying, or maybe I’ve got super powers now, or maybe I’ve finally gone mad. Nobody else has noticed, but nobody ever notices the shadows of others; they only care about their own shadows.

There was that girl I knew whose shadow has horns and a forked tail. I wonder why…


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