When I Realised The Earth Wasn’t Flat, I Felt Pretty Damn Foolish
Jul 1st, 2021 by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
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The swarm arrived at the beginning of the week, their language that of war, and humanity the patient listeners.
Continents of flame pulsed now, flickering orange across a world recently gone dark.
Those who could, stayed and fought. Crumbling capitals and plasma-charred skeletons formed the battlefields of Earth by midweek.
Those who couldn’t (and those like myself who wouldn’t), hopped on the soonest evac shuttles to Mars.
I nudge a couple away from the window to catch the last view of a burning Earth from orbit.
The sight haunts me.
After all this time, I had guessed the shape wrong.
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