Still Tender Voice

by Dale Patterson

Caught in the maelstrom she no longer feels like herself. She insists that the knot on her earlobe is an alien implant, a voice no more than a hum translating her words into numbers. God is now one, two and three. He gifts her a lapis lazuli necklace to help guide her soul and open her heart. Drinking coffee and speaking with friends she constructs a sugar cube pyramid that vibrates and lites cigarettes. Leaving the diner she informs their waitress, Proxima Centauri, closest star to earth, is four and a quarter light-years away.

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Dale Patterson is a retired art teacher. In addition to the visual work he creates he also writes. His work has appeared in many online and print journals.