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August 2022 Fiction Contest: The Watchers MAG
We watched as the president spoke on the television, all of us sitting still, creating indents on the sofa.
We watched as the chemical weapons fell, eating our takeout from foul-smelling boxes.
We rapid-fired through the channels, glimpsing bullets piercing bruised flesh.
Others rioted in the background of our dinner parties, their voices muted so as not to disturb.
We tut-tutted about the terrible famine before taking another forkful of breakfast.
We watched as they were led away from the comfort of our living rooms.
We never wondered where they went.
We watched
watched
watched
watched
…. but never did a thing
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Hi! I am a 14-year old aspiring writer living in Malaysia and would really like to get published. This piece of flash-fiction represents our current society in which people tend to say or more likely post about how horrible or devasting things are and never actually do anything to solve the issues - I really hope that this piece of flash fiction will hold a message that people find powerful and deep and can really stick with people.