The Last Few Seconds – Friday Fictioneers

The Green-Walled Tower

I was quite surprised and pleased to open up Rochelle’s post today and see my picture. For the curious among you, this picture was taken in a small country school in Korea. In the two years I worked there, the enrollment ranged from 14-20 students from Grade 1-6, usually with 2-3 students per grade. Only two were from the area and the rest came from bigger cities and lived in a dorm as a sort of countryside  exchange program. The school did have a electronic bell, but it couldn’t be heard well outside, so they hung up this bell to let the kids know when recess was over.

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The Last Few Seconds

One minute remaining.

Brent Brianson stares at the clock, willing it to go faster. His lip trembles in anticipation, like a chinchilla caught in a hurricane.

Thirty seconds.

He is doing stretches, running in place.

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A thank you

valeriu dg barbu

Trilingual post: English, Italian and Romanian languages

It would be easy to do something good for someone
It would be easy to tolerate
We could look at each other with the eyes –
not just with the eye sockets empty
We could learn our hands not only to take
I dream of the day when everyone smiles and pronounces in a whisper simultaneously
a thank you

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Sarebbe facile fare qualcosa di buono per qualcuno
Sarebbe facile da tollerarci
Potremmo guardare a vicenda con gli occhi –
non solo con le cavità oculari vuote
Potremmo imparare le nostre mani non solo di prendere
Sogno il giorno in cui tutti sorridono contemporaneamente e sussurrano
Un ringraziamento

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Ne-ar fi lesne să facem un bine cuiva
Ne-ar fi ușor să ne tolerăm
Am putea să ne privim unii pe alții cu ochii –
nu doar cu găvanele goale
Am putea deprinde mâinile noastre nu…

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