calwinters's 100-word story for June 23, 2025

calwinters wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 23, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Paint the world with reminders of their failures tell the people what they should know teach them with spray cans dark lines drawing attention colors holding the eye they will read our protestations and scoff or nod but they will see them they will know what we think of them the disgust we feel at the actions they take with aerosol and pigment we call them out demand their obedience to our ideals and if they refuse if they look away or paint over our words We will return like thieves in the night to rob them of their indifference

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