Yeah, there were those times when he talked with grandma about God and she told him what a horrible place hell is "You suffer every day but can't die." "Every day?" "Every day. And can't die. Only suffer!" Grandma had four years of schooling to her life She didn't consider the possibility of getting used to the suffering If it happens daily and you don't die... well. Hell therefore is not pain It is monotony Today he had 18 years of schooling and 10 of working a dead-end office job He was accredited to define hell Hell was monotony Doing the same thing over and over and over again for the rest of eternity That was hell And maybe grandma would've agreed maybe not But there was one thing he remembered about hell. Something he'd heard from his mother back in the day she'd quit chemotherapy to save the money for his college "The way out is one smile away!" she'd said Yeah. The way out. He stood left his cubicle went into the bathroom took out the razor blade from his pocket and slashed from the corners of his lips all the way to the ears deep And again There it was. An avalanche of feeling. So much feeling! He dipped his fingers into the blood and drew a smiling face on the mirror One smile away! He shook with laughter and adrenaline. There was so much to feel! He laughed for a full seven minutes. And then returned to his cubicle and resumed work The others were too deep in hell to notice him or the trail he left behind
seven minutes in heaven

Lovely
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Lovely, one smile away
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Yep, that’s where heaven awaits apparently (◉ܫ◉)
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A haunting poem and smile from an imaginative and deep-thinking poet.
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Thank you, Michele ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
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So deep. I got lost and found at the same time.
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(☞゚ヮ゚)☞ Thank you!
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Superb!
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Thanks (•̀ᴗ•́)و ̑̑
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Interesting take on death and life, or the feeling of both.
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Thanks ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっ
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You’re welcome. 🙂
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Powerful story
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It’s like a poetic story. Nice!
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