Bryce turned his back to the stage and exited stage left. His body dripped with sweat and the stage lights made his scrawny back and shoulders glisten, thereby accentuating his exhaustion. Left in the center of the stage was a bloodied body lying face down. His chest didn’t move; the man wasn’t breathing. The house lights were fof leaving a perfect darkness beyond the stage and as Bryce left, the crowd cheered and begged for more.
“Bryce. What did you do,” asked a scrawny white man. Bryce walked passed the man without answering but the man followed behind. “You knew our rules Bryce, we don’t kill each other. That’s what they want.” The man pointed out towards the stage but Bryce wasn’t reacting to the man’s tirade.
Bryce’s face flushed red, his hands clenched and he turned to the man. “You don’t know what you’re talking about.” Bryce started reserved but momentum was building against his control. “You weren’t there, you don’t know what he asked of me.” He paused for breath. He smelled the blood on his body and it mixed with his the musk of his sweat. “He begged me to kill him. He told me he wanted to die and he begged like a child.” Bryce felt the heat escaping his body and he was growing furious. “I couldn’t let him go on like this, he was going crazy in here. You know as well as I do that some can’t handle the constant fighting. I had to do what I had to do.”
The stage was cleaned off and two more men rushed to the theater to fight for their audience’s pleasure.
It was something unique I must say. Liked it very much👍
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Thank you for the kind words!
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Wow, you’re a very good writer. I like your style 🙂
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I’m honored that you think I’m a good writer, I appreciate very much
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Just powerful imagery! I could see it all. Well done!
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Thank you! If you liked this one you should read other stories on my blog
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I’ve not been doing so much reading blogs like I used to. I’ll try to catch up this weekend.
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Very interesting, post. The descriptions on Bryce’s body language was well written. I was left wanting more:)
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This is such powerful imagery. Well written!
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