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Flash Fiction | MicroXpression | Prompt | Decadence
The Loss of a Nation
An Imaginary Tale
Agency Magazine, May 9, 2025, MicroXpression Microfiction
He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He was set for life. And he learned early on to worship his life of decadence.
Building an empire by cheating people and taking money from people less fortunate than he, he amassed even more wealth.
Nothing mattered to him. Not friends, not family, not anything but himself.
He bought material things, buildings, businesses, and wives. He would waste them because he was nothing more than a charlatan, a facade.
He claimed to be the greatest businessman who had ever lived. He was the dealmaker. He alone could fix things.
Alas, as he moved through life, everything he laid his hands on, everything he touched, crumbled.
His businesses, his marriages, his grifts and scams, all failed. And yet, his facade, his mirage, continued. People believed the lies he told. The lies, which were so obvious, continued to deceive those of a certain mind. There were others, of course, who wanted to reap the benefit of his lies and would cozy up to him to get the scraps and morsels of his notoriety. In his wake of…
