A Pittance of Passions
May 9, 2022
A flock of flustered monks tried to set the pyre on fire in the pouring autumn rain. The beaten boy on the pyre, tied tightly to the stake, smiled at them and chanted, “I’m burning, I’m burning,” as if to encourage their futile efforts.
A thunderclap struck from afar. All of a sudden, the fool boy fell silent, his head dropped to his hairless chest. A raindrop met a drop of blood, and the monks went whispering, “this is an ill omen,” dreading the rain, the song or the silence, perhaps every one of those things. And still, the fire wouldn’t ignite…
Thus starts my new tale, A Pittance of Passions, now available on Amazon.
