Stuck ---------- Contest Entry

Harlow's Pit The pit succeeded. Harlow's toy infected all with doubt. Alone, the young macaques despaired in bins with no way out. The pit was steel, with sloping walls some food, a grate, and spout. No mother's love while growing up just fear with no way out. The pit was made to last. For years the world began to shout, but Harlow grinned and left them there in pain with no way out. The pit was Harlow's own design, a sadist wit quite stout. He felt the cancer eat his wife and love with no way out. September 1, 2017. (based on accounts of Dr. Harry Harlow's experiment 'put of despair' to inflict despression on infant macaque monkeys by keeping them for years in isolation chambers). Written for Sara Kendrick's contest "Stuck."