Right Wrist
“Hello, right wrist. How are you today?” Jeff asked.
“Excuse me? No, I don’t like razor blades and I wish you would stop asking for one.
You look nice the way you are. Smooth tanned skin. You’re in pain? From what?”
Jeff rolled his eyes. “Oh, life again.”
His right wrist began to shake.
“Now, stop that, I don’t like it when you get angry.”
“Yes, I know the blades are in the medicine cabinet and that’s where they’re gonna stay.”
Later, Jeff awoke from his nap and found his bed sheets damp with blood.
He quickly looked over at his right wrist. “What have you done?”
He noticed the box of razor blades next to him.
“How did you get into these? Shame on you! I told you no. How many times must I tell you? Now look at what you’ve done. The bed is a mess.”
He grabbed an old towel from the bathroom and put pressure on his right wrist.
“You just don’t understand the word ‘no,’ do you?”
Jeff walked over to the medicine cabinet and pulled out a roll of gauze.
He began to wrap the gauze around the right wrist several times.
“Do you see all the work you’re making me do here?”
Jeff exhaled a loud breath.
“This is the third time this month. Why do you like to upset me like this? No, I don’t want to talk to you right now. You’re just going to lie here and be quiet.”
A moment of silence went by.
“No,” Jeff said again as he looked over at his right wrist. “I told you not to talk to me right now. What? That’s not you?” He laughed. “Who else could it be?”
He slowly glanced over at his left wrist.
“It can’t be him. He has never talked to me before, only you.”
“What does he want?” he whispered to his right wrist.
“A razor blade? Why is it always razor blades? Can’t it be something nice like watches and bracelets?”
“He’s in pain too, huh? What is it with you two? You’re never happy; I don’t like you being unhappy. What can I do to make you both happy for once?”
“Well, I hope you’re both happy now.”
Outside the box and creepy.
Comment by sheilaroy — June 30, 2009 @ 8:11 am
Wow! Not only creepy, but darkly funny as well. Good job!
Comment by zinczas1 — July 1, 2009 @ 6:01 pm
Good psychological horror. What a sad, lonely character.
Comment by joshua scribner — July 2, 2009 @ 5:14 pm