One morning, I woke up next to myself. Not metaphorically, but literally next to my -dead- self.
I looked at myself carefully. Every mole, every freckle, every hair and colour was identical.
Every bone was broken.
I bawled, grieving my dead and not knowing what to do or who to ask for help; so I waited to see if I would disappear as suddenly as I showed up.
After some days, I saw myself starting to rot.
Then I went to my backyard, dug a hole and buried myself.
A neighbour saw what I was doing, so he called the police.
They looked into the hole in horror.
They arrested me.
I was taken to court for my own death.
But the situation was so completely unprecedented
that they had no other choice but to release me.
So I walked out of the court, surrounded by policemen and flashlights that exposed my face alive next to my dead face (of course, with a small trigger warning disclaimer written just below the pictures).
I didn't want to give any exclusives.
I didn't accept money in exchange for my story.
I didn't react to the many baits
that would make assumptions about me
to get a reaction.
I just waited for the tide to go out
and eventually did.
I haven't even started to process it all.
I am still waiting, but I don't know what or who I am waiting for.
...On the good side,
the Internet is now discussing the latest AI video of a kangaroo on a plane.


