It takes weeks to get all the details right. All the walls, windows and wires are now in the right place. He scrapes off paint, repaints certain lines as he recalls those days.
During a coffee break, he wonders if things are still intact in the same place, or if the city exists only in his imagination.
The biggest challenge lies ahead. He has not yet gathered courage to paint those people on the blue terrace, and the bloodbath which occurred thereafter.
What happened that evening is history known to very few people. He is the last one left alive.
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He could be painting Guernica.
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Good idea!
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Even the thought of being the only survivor is scary. Beautiful.
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It can be a story prompt 🙂
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Oy. Poor man. I think it would be awful to be the last one left. And yet … the alternative …
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Yes. Alternatives will keep him going.
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Wow, I would hate to be the only one left. What do you do then?
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Restart….
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I hope my comment went through! It seemed to disappear in the ether…
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Yes. It did. Thanks!
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You’re welcome and yay!
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He may be leaving it for posterity, but it is important that the truth be known. Oh, to be left alone with those memories… 😦 Maybe the painting will act as catharsis?
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Posterity rewrites stories. We don’t know how our work will be interpreted.
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Dark and mysterious. I like it. I almost want to know more, but that seems dangerous.
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That’s right 🙂 Wanting to know more is dangerous.
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Well done. Dark and intriguing.
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Has he lived in terror during the intervening years? Last one left alive who saw? Or last of the victims? Or perpetrators?
Good job holding us in suspense!
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Thank you, Linda 🙂
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Hope is is safe. The villains won’t like a witness in the story…
Take care.
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Witnesses are at higher risk than the victims.
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A scary scenario!
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Thanks for reading and commenting!
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I like the idea of painting the story. Nice one.
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Thank you, Iain!
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Fitting story.
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Thank you, Tannille!
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That was so sad and chilling and I wonder if it’s based on a true story? It reads like it might be true.
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There is no fiction greater than truth, and no truth greater than fiction.
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Mysterious and ominous, Reena
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Thank you, Neil!
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