older than sin,
and his beard could grow no whiter.
He wanted to die.
The dwarfish natives of the Arctic caverns did not speak his language, but conversed in their own twittering tongue, conducted incomprehensible rituals, when they were not actually working in the factories.
Once every year they forced him,
sobbing and protesting,
into Endless Night.
During the journey he would stand near
every child in the world,
leave one of the dwarves' invinsible gifts by its bedside.
The children slept, frozen in time.
He envied Prometheus and Loki, Sisyphus and Judas.
His punishment was harsher.
Ho.
Ho.
Ho.
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*taken from Neil Gaiman's 'Smoke and Mirrors'. Fakk lah orang ini. Twisted abis.. One of my favorite authors, ever!Haha...Bulan depan harus beli buku dia satu lagi :D
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