You took another picture of yourself today. It doesn't look much different than yesterday's. Or last week's. But as you flip back through the months and years, the difference is startling. The difference is harrowing.

You create an animated gif of every daily image of yourself captured over the last two years. A contemporary Dorian Gray morphs on your screen. The last image from today loops to the first image from two years ago. That moment, that blink of time, cracks your skull like a baseball bat.

You're out.

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kmh289 over 12 years ago

Really good line mroshaugh: "That moment, that blink of time, cracks your skull like a baseball bat."

Qner over 12 years ago

Another work that expresses exactly my feelings. Your last line about cracking your skull with a baseball bat. It cracked my skull with a baseball bat.

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