Jackal's 100-word story for May 18, 2025

Jackal wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on May 18, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

As a society we are told we must get along with everyone we must be polite we must be kind we must not talk out of turn We are forced to fit into these boxes. Boxes that can only define one aspect of ourselves. Boxes that would never be able to fully express an individual. Some people feel they must hide in these boxes and never come out. But boxes are meant to be opened. They are meant to be reconstructed and opened again. Never ending. we must be authentic we must pursue we must break out of our boxes!

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