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RE: Reflections / Short Original Fiction
Beautifully written as always Yahia and you have left me wondering. I have to say that at first, the twist ending left me flat. But soon my mind returned to the observations of the boy, and I began to wonder more about why this child was watching the toy monkey, and what drove the troubling observations. If I walk away from a piece of writing and my mind continues to work at the knot and unravel it and pulls out strings of meaning, then job well done.
Much love - Carl
Typically elegant way of putting it, dear Carl, mind working at the knot, unraveling. This, too, is what I ask of Literature - my own and others - that it live off the page and, like all living things, is irreducible, bristling with apparent contradictions.
I’m honored my story did that for you.
Deep gratitude,
Yahia