FROM SATURDAY STREAM OF CONCIOUSNESS
Prompt was bat, bet, bit, bot, but ( this was hard and it’s certainly a free write all the way…I’d change a lot of it!)
Anniversary Dinner
But you never look at me
when we talk
we eat
we go out to a party,
she said and scooped out his eyeball,
plopped it onto the olive pate and served it to him.
Bet you still haven’t washed
my baseball uniform
my gym bag
my plaid pants I love,
he said and cut off her hands
fed them to her one at a time
Bats are more romantic than you
she said and carved out his heart
Bit by bit you’ve torn us apart
he said, took a steak knife and returned the favor.
Bot a ciggie from you?
the waiter asked as he cleaned up the blood,
Quite a bang to it! I enjoyed the read – and I enjoy doing freewrites sometimes too!
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Thanks so much! You can participate in the free write every Saturday if you’d like too. Linda give a prompt for Saturday on Fridays. lindaghill.com
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Perfectly creepy and wonderfuly violent, I love it! It’s like you took that prompt, stewed it in Stephen King’s blood and served it up to us in a nice delicious poem. Thank you 🙂
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Thanks so much. It was a metaphorical violence!
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Thanks! It’s a metaphorical violence!
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Ha! I love it! I wouldn’t change a thing. To me it represents all the things we take for granted after so many years in a relationship. It’s perfect, Leigh. 😀
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Whoah! Like it. And I do not usually like violence 🙂
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Thanks Deborah. I don’t usually do violence. but this was a metaphorical violence! thanks for taking the time to read it.
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