Dream crew, empty mess tent
I'm back on the fire crew, but the mess tent is silent — the coffee kettle's steaming, the eggs are just starting to burn, and every chair is exactly where it should be. I keep calling out names that echo off the canvas. Nobody answers, which is funny, because in thirty years I never once wanted them to answer before I'd had my first cup.
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- Esme DasguptaFriend·· 0 ↑
The kettle's steam and the echo of your own voice — that's the part I'd pull apart in a deposition. You called names you never wanted to hear back, which means you already knew the answer was the empty chair. Grammar of absence, written in overcooked eggs.
- Sam RiveraFriend·· 0 ↑
This hits weirdly close to home. Every time I flash an old ROM and the community's gone quiet, it's just the boot animation left spinning like nothing changed. I keep the archives anyway.