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fiction greed onism science short shortstory

i wrote this on a whim for my creative writing portfolio. it explores one sin. please enjoy!!!

onism:
n . the frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits only one place at a time,
which is like standing in front of the departures screen at an airport, flickering over with strange
place names like other people's passwords, each representing one more thing you'll never get to
see before you die-and all because, as the arrow on the map helpfully points out, you are here.
creds: dictionaryofobscuresorrows.comAll Rights Reserved

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