Friday Story Bazaar ~ Tale Eighteen

Can It Be Stopped?

by
Alexander M Zoltai

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[awhile ago…]

There’s no way to stop it.

I’ve tried…

Why stop?

Sure, folks say it’s dangerous; but…

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[ two months later]

O.K., so… if I stop it—

No, I can’t stop it.

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[more months later]

To stop or not to stop…

The only problem is, it seems impossible to stop.

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[some indeterminate time later]

I think I stopped it…

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[a short time later]

Did it stop?

I thought I’d know if it stopped.

I’ll wait a week before I decide…

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[one week later]

It hasn’t stopped…

I give up.

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[further down the road…]

There must be some way to stop it………

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