Falling girl db

Did you ever hear the expressions

Free fall

Fallen woman

Fall from grace

Heading for a fall

Falling out 

In the above there is a sense of a lack of control as well as a bottoming out.  Neither of these is true in Falling Girl. In the end, society no longer rules her or better said, she no longer allows society to govern her.  Instead of “thudding” at the bottom of the immense skyscraper, there is no sound and no entertainment for the lowest floor residents.

Consider: Is there is no sound because she refuses to fall to her death?

So, she can control time and space?  Do you see her bounce gently off the concrete?  Do you see her walk away? Do you see her as aged, but with days ahead of her? Just asking.

Time is a curiosity in this short story.  But ever since Alice in Wonderland, I, as a reader, have been prepared for almost anything. My generation also was brought up by The Brothers Grimm and Andersen’s Fairy Tales. The mythic runs rampant in these, preparing children for realms unknown and sometimes toward what science may now hint and history has shown. Time moves at varying "falling" speeds immediately next to the skyscraper.  Time is “normal” inside and in the sky and on the earth. Time is on the “speed up plan” in association with these sacrifices to society. They age as they fall. They have the ability to control the speed of their fall. This is not physics as we think we know.

The girls dress in their finest and throw themselves off a great height hoping to draw others to themselves in a wanton act of attention seeking.  Surely, you have seen some people seek such glorification, but not in such extremity.  It is the senseless throwing away of opportunity for five minutes of focus.  But sadly, Society does not even know their names – or cares to learn them.

They are disposables.