The Dishwasher

Imagined Life

Wondery

History, Fiction, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Soon after your birth, a fortune teller promised you’d be someone special. But years later you’re far from home, sleeping on a park bench and taking menial jobs to scrape by. You know you’re meant for better things. You just have to make the world see it.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to Imagine Life,
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0:21.0	Hello? Imagine.
0:24.0	You are squinting against the bright sun,
0:27.0	but you feel very cold.
0:30.0	Your mother clutches you tight as she wraps on the chipped purple door.
0:36.0	Yes, yes, come in.
0:39.0	The room inside is dark, shade-strong.
0:43.0	After a moment, you make out a stooped figure in the half-light.
0:47.0	An old woman, the ember of a cigarette briefly eliminating her wrinkled face.
0:54.0	She nods to you.
0:56.0	He's a small one.
0:58.0	The fortune teller brushes aside a vetted curtain,
1:01.0	and you and your mother follow her into another room.
1:05.0	Blurry shapes come into focus as you pass them.
1:08.0	Chip tile. Dishes piled in a sink.
1:12.0	The woman offers a seat at her table.
1:14.0	Sit, sit. Why are you here?
1:18.0	Your mother's voice is trembling, terrified.
1:22.0	I need to know what will happen to him.
1:27.0	The fortune teller looks down at you.
1:30.0	How old is he?
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