The gilded oyster
Published in
Jan 29, 2021
He walked on the seafloor; the deafening silence calming the turmoil in his mind. Lately, he was too emotional for a man. He yearned to be tough and aggressive; suppressing all emotions, perhaps, not ‘anger’. And so he looked around for the gilded oyster, one that would revive his masculinity.
Amongst the rocks it lay, the glittering shell. He cracked it open and slurped the insides; a strange energy rushing through his body. He grinned with a twinkle in his eye, as if emotionally healed; ready to return to the world that had scorned — with his newfound masculinity.
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