The Fall

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. There was no crash. The fall turned out quieter than Adam had imagined his whole life — like closing a book in an empty room.

Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. He lay on his back and looked at the sky, which was white and very close.

“Are you alive?” A woman in a red hat leaned over him.

“I think so.”

“Then lie here a moment longer. The ground isn’t going anywhere.”

Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. And then — for the first time in forty years — Adam laughed. Na całe gardło^*, as his grandmother used to say.

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He got up slowly. First onto his elbows, then his knees. Nobody told him to stand up straight.

Notes

1. Na całe gardło (Polish) — literally “with the whole throat”; to laugh out loud, without restraint. ↑