We start our short story in a parallel world that's much like ours. As a matter of
fact, this world is exactly the same, except for a few things:
1. Emotions are tangible. You can put love in your pocket if you wanted and
they can also be like people....visit, talk, have a drink with...
2. These aliens can live without their body organs.
3. Words have special power. Whatever words you say, whatever you talk about
CAN become a tangible item you can feel, touch, throw...whatever. Example: You'd say "Time flew by today" because you saw time out the window fly by. Hence, a proper response to this
statement would be "yes, but yesterday it dragged slower a snail!" This statement is a correct response because you saw time being passed by a snail on the floor.
4. These aliens cant lie. They can only lie by "buying" lies because if they
did break this interstellar law, it would cause an unstoppable chain reaction in that universe that would destroy all parallel universes, including ours. Except when Venus is directly inline
with Orion on it's second belt in the Mars pathway thru it's 90 degree inclines. On Sundays. Between the hours of 8:00 am to 6:00 p.m. Pacific. Daylight saving. But
they can buy lies in bulk to use.
Let's visit these aliens with a hidden camera in a suburban home in Smalltown, USA#2, on an
average Monday morning:
HIM
Good morning Honey, listen, can you please give me some of that love I filled you
with? I don't have any left and I'm feeling cold and loneliness is visiting every night - He just left out the door, you didn't see him?
HER
How is he? Him and I became close after you had that affair with Ana. He'd come when
you weren't here, then he started coming even when you were here. Weird. Well, if you're cold because you don't have any love, put on a jacket Larry, you know I never take care of that
thing! I hate your love...I tried to give it to your friend but he wasn't interested so I put it away somewhere...maybe the attic. It's probably next to your heart, that old
thing!
HIM
No Laura! remember you stepped on my heart last week when I walked in on you and Mike
having sex...
HER
Oh, that's right! Then I put in the blender for a smoothie, but it was already
bitter...yuk!
HIM
Well, when you dropped my heart when you slept with Eric it got all bitter. Yeah,
that's when you made my heart bitter, after you slept with him.
HER
Was it? I don't know, Your heart was bitter since I first met you. Anyhow
Larry,....how's Mike's wife? her heart?
HIM
She's good. Mike keeps feeding her lies to keep her sweet. They're having a
sale right now: two lies for the price of one at Ralphs and he said it's like feeding candy to a child, very easy to have someone swallow it.
HER
Those lies are good! I use to feed you two a day when I started my affair with Mike...you
didn't notice huh? Remember?
The lies I fed you were: 'I'm at the gym' and 'I'm working late today', Yes, I'm sure
Honey....the first lie I served you cold with the middle finger up and the second lie you wouldn't get desert Baby, because I would give it to Mike!
HIM
Those were lies? Oh my God! Those were so delicious! I ate them all up and licked my
fingers, WAIT, it was YOUR finger!
Narrator:
Both let out a loud sarcastic laugh. The first laugh shoot out the window like the
spit from a cough and the other raced out the door after it bounced off the floor.
HIM
Wait, don't tell me...was that when you threw our marriage out the
window?
HER
Well Yes, I threw that marriage out because he wasn't good for anything! He didn't even
keep loneliness away!
HIM
Well, good thing you did!, that marriage was a joke, always with a clown suit on, everyone
laughing at our marriage! not only that, but commitment was always with that S.O.B. Oh My Lord, what was it?...'Big Ass Commitment!" I remember that when you invited pregnant to visit...Big
Ass was trying to hide behind your words, that shit was soo funny...there's no way commitment was going to hide that ass when pregnant was there! Pregnant just went "Get outta there! you're
huge!"...JAJA, Big Ass pretending it didn't exist so it could jump out at me!
HER
Well yeah, I ended up throwing marriage out because you had killed 10 years of my
life! I just woke up one day and there it was...dead on the floor with a Month on the side! Poor thing, and then Anger showed up...all tuff with revenge on his side...big mess
Honey.
HIM
Revenge was there too, with anger? Who cares! Yeah, Who came by and asked me about
that. So, do you have any more lies?, feed me sweet lies Babe, I need to feel better.
HER
Honey, for you, I may not have your Love, but I will always give you delicious
lies...You're my Baby.
HIM
Aww Baby....gimme a kiss!
OK, I need the car keys to go to work...where are they?
HER
Those are by your broken dreams....the ones I gave you, next to my fur
coats
HIM
Oh yeah, got em! See you later Babe. Remember, I've got a game with the boys
tonight.
HER
Honey, I've told you, if you're gonna feed me lies to eat, don't buy the wal-mart brand,
get the good stuff!
HIM
Darn, I'm screwing that young intern at work and she said you'd eat it and ask for seconds!
you got me honey! JAJAJAJA
HER
You're so silli! JAJAJAJA
Narrator:
and they laugh together, an evil laugh that mirrored the clowns in the movie
"IT".
Camara fades to black....but black plays a joke and starts running away...
- Luiz Syphre
Submitted: March 26, 2017
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