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Maps of the Lost @mapsofthelost.com · 14/12/2025

TIME TO GO

You might be enjoying a quiet Sunday afternoon, when there’s a knock at your door. Perhaps you’re reading a book, baking, or catching up on your latest streaming favourite, and you sigh and go to the door. You can’t remember having ordered anything for delivery, so you open the door bracing yourself to say no thank you to someone selling something.

But it isn’t anyone selling anything, it’s you. You stand there, dumbfounded, and look at yourself standing on the step smiling.

“I’m sorry,” the you outside says. “Despite all the memories you think you have of your life, you have only been in existence for a week while I had to be away in another place, very far away.”

You stare, lost for words.

The other you places a gentle, warm hand on your arm, and in a kind, sad voice says, “It’s time to go now.”

As everything starts to fade you will feel distress, but it won’t last long, and anyway, you’re not really you, are you?