'The Unknown Place' by Jan Simpson

THE UNKNOWN PLACE

TONIGHT

 

The management team acknowledge you did not arrive here willingly.  They hope this dinner is restorative.  All decisions are final.  Your happiness is of no consequence.

 

To begin                            The opportunity to protect every receding glacier

                                                                                    or

                                           The opportunity to halt deforestation

                                                                                    or

                                            As before, to do nothing

                                               

 

To follow                            To have interfered less on your sister’s wedding day when you discovered her spouse was a cheat

                                                                                    or

                                            To have intervened more when you saw a homeless man brutally attacked

 

                                                                                                             

Palate cleanser                  Forgive your parents

 

 

 

The main event                   The opportunity to share this meal with your beloved late partner but lose 50% of your memories of them

                                                                                    or

                                              To have never opened that third bottle of wine which directly contributed to your sister killing a child

 

 

To finish                               To have always told the truth

                                                                                    or

                                              To have never lied

 

 

On completion of your meal a member of the management team will escort you to the final stage of your purge.

 

THE UNKNOWN PLACE