DOOMSDAY
by Ted Richer
“I have been given the gift of prophecy.”
“Who gave it to you?”
“A God.”
Then.
“Yield to a God.”
. . .
So.
Later.
“Did you know?”
(Determined — I
didn’t say.)
So.
Later.
“Did you know Doomsday would happen?”
“No,” I said, “I
didn’t.”
So.
Later.
“Did you care?”
(Determined — I
didn’t say.)
So.
Later.
“Did you care — if
Doomsday happened?”
“No,” I said, “I
didn’t.”
So.
Later.
“Why didn’t you know?”
(Determined — I
didn’t say.)
So.
Later.
“Why didn’t you know Doomsday would happen?”
“Doomsday,” I said, “ Doomsday?”
So.
Later.
“Why didn’t you care?”
(Determined — I
didn’t say.)
So.
Later.
“Why didn’t you care — if
Doomsday happened?”
“Doomsday,” I said, “Doomsday?”
So.
Later.
“I have been given the gift of prophecy.”
“ Who gave it to you? ”
“You.”
Then.
“Yield.”
. . .
Copyright © 2003 by Ted Richer. From The
Writer in the Story and Other Figurations by Ted Richer. Great Britain:
Apocalypse Press, 2003. Used with permission.
