To my love, Violet
I write this to you
sitting in the kitchen sink. Whose
sink is it? I wish I could tell
you. I wish I could. But that person is dead now, dead in his own
room. For now I am staying at his house
until the Corporation picks me up and takes me back to the Base. I miss you so much, even though I have no
memories of you. I know I probably say
that a lot in these letters, but I wish I could meet you. At least once. But it would be useless, wouldn’t it? I would meet you, only to have my memory
wiped by the Corporation for my next job.
I keep all of the letters I write to you, the letters I receive from you
along with anything else on the Online Storage System. The OSS is very convenient, isn’t it? Whenever I wake up, knowing only my job
occupation, waiting for them to give me another name, I see my arm, and the
scar I carved into my own flesh. “Go to
the OSS” it reads. I go and open it up,
only having to go through so many, many letters, carefully organized for my new
self to read through our history, and to fall in love with you again. A copy of this letter shall join the pile as
well. Please write back as soon as you
can. I love you, for now, for my past,
and for the future, for always.
With Love, this week’s name,
Amelia
P.S. Sorry I forgot
to give you the mayonnaise.
This is so interesting, Lindsey! I really like what you did with these lines and the uncertain but loving letter sign off.
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