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

Gray 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.

No one had ever appreciated Richard's work, not once. He'd been drawing since before he could walk, tagging for nearly that, and yeah, call him a walking contradiction; sometimes it made him feel like he deserved recognition even as he thought, 'I should be better by now.' He was an artist. It was an artist thing. So he'd moved to social commentary, condemning the rampant cruelty he perceived around him on these filthy city streets. It only brought more cruelty: paint-roller erasure, five seconds swiping away what took him hours to days. It was probably because he was a pigeon.

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