THE FIRST FORTY DAYS
A quiet search.
Hogeshy eats nothingness, eats canned cat food, and thinks about nothing. But, probably happy.
DAY 01
[Day 1]
Just another day...
DAY 02
[Day 2]
Nothing special happened today.
Just me, cat food,
and a strange sense of peace.
I think that's enough.
Just me, cat food,
and a strange sense of peace.
I think that's enough.
DAY 03
[Day 3]
It’s night again.
I ate some cat food and watched the void for a while.
The city was still awake.
I wasn’t. Maybe tomorrow will be different. ...probably not.
I ate some cat food and watched the void for a while.
The city was still awake.
I wasn’t. Maybe tomorrow will be different. ...probably not.
DAY 04
[Day 4]
Nothing left.
It was enough.
It was enough.
DAY 05
[Day 5]
The window was looking back.
DAY 06
[Day 6]
Dinner.
Still waiting.
Still waiting.
DAY 07
[Day 7]
You can keep this one.
DAY 08
[Day 8]
Almost asleep.
The tail disagrees.
The tail disagrees.
DAY 09
[Day 9]
They are still awake.
Not my problem.
Not my problem.
DAY 10
[Day 10]
Something is missing.
DAY 11
[Day 11]
The night ended. I remained.
DAY 12
[Day 12]
I went outside for a minute.
DAY 13
[Day 13]
The outside had lights.
DAY 14
[Day 14]
Something was awake.
DAY 15
[Day 15]
It was not important.
DAY 16
[Day 16]
Someone tried to reach me.
DAY 17
[Day 17]
I think.
DAY 18
[Day 18]
The rain was doing something.
DAY 19
[Day 19]
I did not open it.
DAY 20
[Day 20]
Nothing was solved.
It was enough.
It was enough.
DAY 21
[Day 21]
There was an envelope on the floor.
No name. No reason to open it.
No name. No reason to open it.
DAY 22
[Day 22]
The floor was wet.
The rain had not come inside.
The rain had not come inside.
DAY 23
[Day 23]
The key was waiting at the end of the footprints.
It did not look familiar.
It did not look familiar.
DAY 24
[Day 24]
Hogeshy smelled the key.
It smelled like somewhere else.
It smelled like somewhere else.
DAY 25
[Day 25]
The key was gone.
There was light under the door.
It was not morning.
There was light under the door.
It was not morning.
DAY 26
[Day 26]
The box was empty.
The inside was wet.
The inside was wet.
DAY 27
[Day 27]
There was a note under the box.
The writing had already disappeared.
The writing had already disappeared.
DAY 28
[Day 28]
The shadow moved a little later.
Hogeshy did not mention it.
Hogeshy did not mention it.
DAY 29
[Day 29]
Nothing came in today.
Something was already outside.
Something was already outside.
DAY 30
[Day 30]
Everything was in the right place.
That was the problem.
That was the problem.
DAY 31
[Day 31]
The room was the same.
The furniture was not.
Hogeshy sat down anyway.
The furniture was not.
Hogeshy sat down anyway.
DAY 32
[Day 32]
The can was not there.
Hogeshy looked behind him.
It was.
Hogeshy looked behind him.
It was.
DAY 33
[Day 33]
Hogeshy watched the outside.
The reflection did not.
It was looking somewhere else.
The reflection did not.
It was looking somewhere else.
DAY 34
[Day 34]
Hogeshy found a key.
There was no keyhole.
Hogeshy kept it anyway.
There was no keyhole.
Hogeshy kept it anyway.
DAY 35
[Day 35]
The box was open.
There was another box inside.
Hogeshy left it open.
There was another box inside.
Hogeshy left it open.
DAY 36
[Day 36]
Hogeshy kept walking.
The shadow stayed behind.
It was probably tired.
The shadow stayed behind.
It was probably tired.
DAY 37
[Day 37]
The note was blank.
On the other side,
Hogeshy was looking at it.
On the other side,
Hogeshy was looking at it.
DAY 38
[Day 38]
There was a light outside.
Hogeshy moved closer.
The light moved away.
Hogeshy moved closer.
The light moved away.
DAY 39
[Day 39]
Hogeshy was looking outside.
The tail was not.
It was looking back.
The tail was not.
It was looking back.
DAY 40
[Day 40]
Hogeshy had been looking for something.
The can was there.
The box was there.
The key was there.
Hogeshy stopped looking.
The can was there.
The box was there.
The key was there.
Hogeshy stopped looking.