Another somewhat sinister piece in the Lascaux Flash competition.

Five things that are true and six that are not.

Suzanne Conboy-Hill

1. You said I would never want for anything. This is untrue – I want for a great deal.
2. You said I would never have to ask for anything – you would give me everything I need. You forget that you made asking impossible so this is not true either.
3. You said you could not imagine being without me. This is true. You have not had to imagine this for some time.
4. You took my silence as consent but this is another untruth. [See #2 above].
5. You made a vessel of my body and told me it was worship but you are an atheist.
6. You hid me from the world and told the world I had left.
7. Another untruth. I would give something back but you have cleaned me thoroughly, and anyway I only had what you gave me in the first place.
8. Because of #7 above I must be more inventive.
9. I have a lot of time between your visits and I have found the device you used to teach me how to demonstrate my devotion. Items #7, #8, and #9 are all true, as is item #10 below.
10. I have charged the device and adjusted its settings for maximum effect and I have placed it somewhere especially private for the next time you come down here to show your love for me.
11. You said we would be together forever. This is not true yet but see #10 above.