HeyJaredBaila’s Substack
Baila's Substack of creative writing, storytelling and other artistic endeavors.
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The Coat (opens the original)
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The skyscrapers of midtown Manhattan loom over the empty streets. Three-day holiday weekend. Rays of setting sunshine fill one side of the canyon. The other is in shadow.No cars. Not even a cabbie cruising Ninth Avenue. Indian summer heat still bakes the concrete and steel. A man appears from out of a shadow and starts to walk towards me. The stores are locked tight. A large truck is parked in the loading zone across the street. Not a driver or delivery guy in sight. Not another soul but me and
BLINK! BLINK! BLINK! (opens the original)
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“Doctor. There is no brain activity at all. Patient doesn’t respond to any stimuli. Nothing. It’s coming up on a year. Eyes are open, but nobody’s home.”Whoosh. The door opens and before it shuts, Ben hears people’s voices and ‘busyness’ beyond.Where am I? Where are my glasses? I can’t see.These are Ben’s first thoughts upon opening his eyes for the first time in this small, dimly lit room of beeps and blinking lights.Someone steps up to take a closer look.I plead with my eyes. The only part I c
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