The old man lay on the bed listening to Christmas carols.
During a pause in the music, he asked, “What’s the date?”
A robotic female voice replied through the speaker standing on the bedside table, “Today is December twenty-five 2022.”
The man said, “Is anyone coming to see me today?”
“You don’t have visitors.”
“Is that because of the Covid restrictions?”
“The Covid-19 pandemic officially ended August twenty-eight 2022.
“Then, why does no one come?”
“Your date of death is recorded as August twenty-seven 2022.
Tears filled the old man’s eyes as the music resumed.
This is my entry for this year’s Advent Ghosts Shared Storytelling event hosted by Loren Eaton on his excellent blog at isawlightningfall.blogspot.com.
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