PseudoPod 447: Coo Coo
- Author : Elan Hold
- Narrator : Caith Donovan
- Host : Alasdair Stuart
- Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop
- Discuss on Forums
PseudoPod 447: Coo Coo is a PseudoPod original.
Coo Coo by Elan HoldShe’s still here. Now that it’s over, it’s not as bad as I thought because she’s still physically present; they can’t bury her and they can’t ignore her, they have to deal with it.
They watch me with new eyes, tho. They’re waiting to see what will happen.
While she was dying I panicked and got really dizzy; now, I feel strangely calm, but I’m winded. She didn’t have much of a brain but she did do most of the breathing. Without her, I can’t take a good, deep breath. She made these funny little hiccuppy gulps that comforted me, and I’m having trouble sleeping without them.
She died three days ago.
Her head hangs far forward without her holding it up. It was stiff for a bit, but today it’s gone floppy and keeps bumping against my chin. I don’t want to think about the stench; it’s so thick I can almost feel it, but it doesn’t matter because I can barely smell. I got a sinus infection years ago and they didn’t treat it; I burned the poison out using a piece of wire I broke off the cage, and a lighter I stole from Godfrey. They watched that, too. They think I can’t see them thru the one-way glass, but I can always tell, even when they’re quiet. I can sense it, the vibrations. The hairs on my spine stand on end, tickling, tickling. When they’re watching, I like to sleep, or pick thru her hair for lice. But all the lice left her head when she went cold and now I’ve got twice the load on mine.
She would have laughed at that.
The post PseudoPod 447: Coo Coo appeared first on PseudoPod.