Memento mori: A Collection of Very Short Stories and Prose Poems

Dancing Mirror

She notices the dress dancing in the wind, held back by nothing but its straps fasten to the pole, and feels a sudden urge to set if free. 

For a moment, she imagines the dress flying away to unknown places where happiness is still possible. 

Until she realizes it's just a flag of surrender - her flag - and doesn't want to look at it anymore.