A young girl of round ivory underneath a rosy sheen and painted lips sat at a medium sized table, her body folded loosely together. In a café full of unwanted memories, she faces in their direction, back against the window, because it’s better than having to look at life’s taunt: the streetlamp.
The streetlamp flickered at consecutive seven-second intervals, then four, then two, almost reaching its climax, but eventually only reverted back.
Directly in front of the girls lies an empty chair, a barren plate, and a cup of coffee which she now feared to drink, because just as she’d reach the climax of enjoyment it would eventually, revert back to zero.
She sat still and listened to Jason. She allowed the sounds of soon to be broken promises, lies, innuendos, wishes, dreams, to inject and numb her mind. Thoughts remained stagnant, emotions withering away.
None of it longer appeased her and she concentrated, trying to fade everything to black.
As she moved her head up to a world encased in darkness, her eyes remained unchanged and surprisingly she felt no revelation for her success.
All that was left in the darkness was a bowl of fruit on the table behind her, still remaining in bright, luscious colors with a tinge of a glow. Looking at it, she felt no emotion, no desire. Still, she walked towards it, almost like it was routine and no getting around it. She picked up an apple, her mouth, mind, heart, salivating for how sweet it would taste. Moving it closer to her lips, she felt a disruption: Flickers of white behind her. At that moment fear struck her body with all intensity and her body pushed through what seemed to be thick, dense air and now she was facing life’s taunt: the streetlamp. And instead of indulging in her quick, sweet escape, her desire, she threw the apple with all the force left in her body, aimed at the streetlamp.
It splat on the window in front of her and shards of reality fell right on her. The apple spread on the window, the streetlamp still flickering (although brighter and less often), all eyes on her. She stood in awe as nothing reverted back to zero.

