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Hurting Alexa

Two micro fictions by Noelle Q. de Jesus

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Fiction Attic Press
May 31, 2023
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Hurting Alexa

She hated the way he always mocked her meanly, just because she said, “Yes, please,” and, “No, thank you,” to Alexa.

“It’s a machine, not a living thing. You’re minding your manners for a plant.”

She stared at him with mute irritation.

“So now a plant’s not a living thing?”

“Say thanks to a plant—” he deadpanned. “It’s deaf.”

Her sigh was sharp…

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