NOTHING

He was fed up of doing nothing,
so Michael flicked his laptop open
and fired up Microsoft Word.

He typed:

I GREW UP
ON THIS TINY
LITTLE ISLAND

‘Hmm,’ he thought. ‘A tad jingoistic.’

[delete] [delete] [delete]

He typed:

I LIVE
FOR THE
ADVENTURE

‘Nope,’ he thought. ‘Too fake.’

[delete] [delete] [delete]

He typed:

I
AM
MICHAEL

‘Nah,’ he thought. ‘Too literal.’

[delete] [delete] [delete]

He typed:

NOTHING

I AM THE
AUTUMN LEAF
BEGGING FOR
THE GROUND

‘Crikey,’ he thought. ‘Too poetic.’

[delete] [delete] [delete]

He typed:

I HAVE
NEVER FELT
SO ALONE

‘Bingo!’ he thought.

After a quick copy and paste
Michael updated his dating profile
and waited for the messages
to come flooding in.