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Blog created for the WDC 21st Birthday Blog Bash plus many sundry stories.

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Buttons
Buttons

He was assigned to a machine controlled by several buttons on a panel. A red button was separate from and larger than the others. The Stop button.

He wondered why it should be so large, red and special.

The machine broke one day with a cacophony of rending and tortured metal. He never wondered again.


Word count: 55
For SpitLit: 55-Word Stories
Week Two - Day One Prompt: Someone presses the big red button.
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