a story about being not just the bigger person, but monstrously, kaiju-bigger

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Bigger Person

a story about being not just the bigger person, but monstrously, kaiju-bigger



Be the bigger person.

Breathe in. Breathe out. Feel your limbs elongate and grow.

Walk away. Let your spine stretch out like a telescope, your distended body a hive of clicks and cracks as something terrible unfolds from your bones.

Rise above it all, eclipsing the sun with your monstrous new form, stepping over buildings scattered like little offerings on the altar of your indifference.

Be the bigger person, the bigger whatever-it-is-you-have-become, and you will not even notice when their slights are buried among the rubble.

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Short story written by Peter Chiykowski

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Story prompt taken from a photo by Samuel Scrimshaw

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