The Rain Of Ruins

with horror. My mouth continued to tremble at what l saw.

, taking more space; so enlarged tha

ted up it's hands. The dark coldness in his eyes had disappeared;

ppened?" J

....." The words hung in my thro

are coming; it

up, man. We need t

heard myself ask. I didn't know

you see that. The boss has gon

t from his mouth. Uncle Philip was gone; I wasn't sur

l asked still panting as we

uld be concerned about you

to get out of here alive." I couldn't h

ushed me as l wante

e matter?" l a

here. The police cars are ev

a voice was heard almost immediately. "Stop there! An

his pocket and a dynamic gunshot was heard. "My

hing else. I looked down at James, blood dripped down his leg. He covered it with one hand and lifted his head to me, shaking it slowly as a parent would when a child wants to do something wrong. I frowned slightly and glanced at the policeman wh

A raging fire had erupted, and l ha

y was now white with rage and then l found myself in the village. A burial ceremony was going on. l peered from a distance and l saw Mum; her eyes were swollen and tiny beads of tears dropped down her cheeks as she

pouring sand to close the grave. l glanced at a poster at my right and

e, right?" l ask

one corner of the bed. Then Mum began to laugh wildly. Her laughter float

ds only to see Mum. Her head had become enlarged and her eye

o die," She growled and

the ground and my

or untimely death," Mum's voice re-echo

od," l heard a bizarre voic

should be," The man further said, o

d tha

was bewildered at the

ood outside muttering to themselves was enough to convince me and saw five young men struggling and fighting for a miserable piece of bread. Suddenly, one o

ly in his late fifties, with eyes like those of a pussy-cat, smiling at me. He had a bald head, the wide gaps in his

in a very low tone as thoug

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