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A Chair

May 19, 2023
By mallen05 BRONZE, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas
mallen05 BRONZE, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas
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8:45am

Click-clack

Click.

Computer keys clicked 

A man sat on me,

Floor one-hundred 

The same man who'd been here for ten years.


The day was fine, just fine-

No more,

No less,

Until the clock turned.


8:46

The scream of an engine could be heard for a 

Split second

A deafening crash

The creaking of metal

There was silence,

Screaming,

Falling,

And I was a chair


Only a chair.


The author's comments:

This is a historical fiction work about the thoughts of a chair during 9/11.


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