One day I was walking

55 Word Essay

The next second

I saw the world flipping up-side-down

and the smell of mud after rain

was close at the tip of my nose.

I was tracing the grey clouds

when the driver’s face popped up.

He kept talking, shouting —

but all I could hear was pain creeping up my leg like a dodder.

Anonymous. MBBS2 2020/21