Part One of an untitled mini-series about a character named Steve, a young college student with ambitions of being a writer. Written in 2009 at the College of Santa Fe by BW Derge. “Hello”
Untitled Mini-Series about “Steve”
Part One: “Hello”
The word “Help” kind of looks like “Hello” if you push down the second “L” and then cram the “O” into it to make a “P”. Words are like that. They trick you.
At first, when you realize “Help” and “Hello” sort of look the same, you think, “Huh… what a coincidence.”
But then you read into it and think…
maybe when people are saying hello to each other, we’re really just asking for help. And if that’s true… well, shit.
What does that mean?
to be continued…
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This was the first part of a cross-genre short story composed in 2009 at the College of Santa Fe.
