Past tense. They cared, when he was still living. For eighteen months, before they decided he'd be better off forgotten. Shove him under the bed, smother him in the crib, bury him beneath the bedcovers, and maybe that music box will stop tinkling its sweet chime into his mother's ears while she pretends he lived long enough to look the way he does now.
"They cared enough to try and forget that I ever happened." The words should be triumphant, that final nail slammed through the coffin; instead, they're bitter. Afraid.
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Past tense. They cared, when he was still living. For eighteen months, before they decided he'd be better off forgotten. Shove him under the bed, smother him in the crib, bury him beneath the bedcovers, and maybe that music box will stop tinkling its sweet chime into his mother's ears while she pretends he lived long enough to look the way he does now.
"They cared enough to try and forget that I ever happened." The words should be triumphant, that final nail slammed through the coffin; instead, they're bitter. Afraid.
"They cared enough to never remember me again."