49 Sentences

Fire eats. Smoke rises. Chimney catches. 

He pokes. Sparks flutter. They dance. He sneezes. Ash drifts.

He talks. Stories hang. They drift. Everyone listens. Someone yawns.

They’re sleepy. It’s warm. Heads bob. Faces shift.

He digs. Words follow. Crickets chirp.

Water boils. Kettle screams. Someone screams. They’re surprised.

He serves. They drink. They wait. 

He talks. Fireplace crackles. Light spills.

He embellishes. He taunts. He teases. He reveals. He shouts. He tells. He hides.

It’s fiction. He’s lying. Who cares?

Stories bleed. They leak. Reality breaks. It’s malleable.

Wolves bite. They howl. They hunt. 

They’re fake. Not that it matters.