The First Martians I: Freedom
It’s Complicated: Lit Up & The Writing Cooperative Contest
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4 min readMar 11, 2019
Waking up on Mars
Red sand, light breeze, dust devils towering into the pale brick sky. Two voices in my head, one talking now, the other from eight minutes ago. Cold if I could feel it, my metal arm creaks scratching at pink pebbles. I cook the red dirt sniffing with hope laced…