A Friend

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The story goes a little like this. There was a boy who had no friends, so one day he said, “I shall make a friend.” The boy thought and thought, how would I create another me?

The boy understood loneliness and he agreed that another him is what he would need. Never would he be lonely or alone because his friend would be beside him and would never roam. Thinking about all the fun they could have; the boy hatched a plan.

He would get a mirror that was big and tall, he would get a mirror that was very small. He gathered the mirrors and set them up in his room. Guess who showed up? A friend or two.

— Nicole Barden 11/8/2021

Originally published in The Shortform on Medium