Nothing annoys Vanessa Carlton so much but to see her shadow next to her,
side by side ...even behind her. They are identical twins, but Vanessa is a few minutes
older than her sister is.

The biblical passage , ''Let there be light, and there was light, ''pounds like a swinging pendelum in her mind. Her shadow came to birth to torment her.

Vanessa has a distinctive characteristic, which differentiates her from her shadow. Vanessa has the ability to communicate; her twin sister remains silent at all times.This frightens Vanessa more, since she knows that she and her shadow will be together, always. She perspires profusely at this simple recollection.

Vanessa, however, is convinced that her shadow can speak to her. They are identical twins. Not having a second thought ,Vanessa decides to find the propitious moment
to establish a dialogue with her twin sister . She waits until the sun is in the middle of the sky, right when it is on a ninety -degree angle, to meet her shadow. Her twin sister seems to avoid every opportunity to talk to her. Vanessa perspires profusely at this simple recollection.


But Vanessa is persistent and determined. She chooses another opportunity, and decides to wait late in the evening when the sun is about to complete its journy to the
other side of the hemisphere. She commands her shadow to stop agonizing her, but not to avail. Vanessa tries again, and ordains her shadow to move away. Vanessa moves away. She believes her shadow informs her that her agony will cease only
when she reaches a stage of absolute perfection. And Vanessa continues talking and talking involved in a strange and confused mixture of a prolonged form ofsoliloquy. She imagines that her twin sister is one of those impure, but yet supernatural beings that circumnavigates the universe...to agonize people.

Vanessa Carlton decides to get rid of this obssesion forever. She puts on a black dress and grabs her rifle. Diligently, she walks around the narrow avenues of the small town. She keeps walking and walking until 11:30 in the morning. At 11:47 she stops. She meets her twin sister. She picks up the rifle and aim at her shadow
Suddenly, a strident sound of a bullet is heard. A multitude starts to gather around the corpse. At 12:00 o'clock, when the sun is high in the sky, the police and the medical officers arrive at the scene. Vanessa is lying in a river of blood. Vanessa will not see her shadow anymore. In fact, nobody will. She is lying on top of her shadow. .Vanessa Carlton reached the stage of absolute perfection longed by every soul that surrounds the vast regions of this inmense, but balanced universe.