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Flash! Friday: Prompt #43
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Flash! Friday is upon us! Almost at the deadline, but here is this week’s story: 150 words, +/- 5 on this photo:
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Teaching Abroad
Throwing children out of windows isn’t normal. At the height of their trajectory, they float for a heartbeat in the air. Orange light paints over their skin. It’s almost beautiful, but it isn’t normal.
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Some of the older kids understand, and they all fight our holds instinctively in fear. But we’re stronger, and we’re determined. Their wiggling and crying cannot slow us down.
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Screams tear through me, but I don’t even pause.
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“I hate heights,” the little boy in my arms whispers.
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“Close your eyes,” I can’t help whispering back.
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The second he does, I clench my jaw and toss. His arms flail as he flies. Fourteen.
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I pray the hands outside will catch him.
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We search the smoky room for any small bodies left behind. The flames lick at my feet through the remaining patches of floor.
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This isn’t what I signed up for.
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(145 words)
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