Smile

By Riley C

breaking news!!

there is a mysterious fungus going around, and it causes people to-

the tv goes dark.

i sit there, with the remote in my hand.

outside, i hear the coughs and sneezing of the people.

over the next few weeks, their faces morph into permanent smiles.

scientists don’t know what to do.

i smile, laugh, and then hear something behind me.

“you are under arrest for the creation of the smile fungus.”

i turn around.

the police are horrified to see me.

“o-oh my god”

my face, destroyed with a smile so wide it takes up my face.

you can’t even tell where my head ends and my body begins