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Copyright – Dawn M. Miller
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I hear them whispering behind my back, slyly casting innuendos
while I breathe in the maliced air.
“That Alice, she is a strange one”, they say, “No time for
people but babbles to her collection of lamps instead”.
The art of conversation is dead these days. No one talks anymore, they just send inane texts.
So I make these lamps myself. Jane over
there, she is pink and curvaceous. A
veritable Marilyn Monroe of lamps.
Aaron is smooth, muscular and radiating power.
Betty struggled when I threw her in the kiln yesterday. Look
at her now, all soft and feminine.
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Written for Friday Fictioneers. Word Count : 100
I love the phrase "breathe in the maliced air" and your title works perfectly. I have to say (in a whisper), that she is a bit odd. :-)
ReplyDeletejanet
Thanks Janet. I am a bit like that too :-)
Deletei also love that phrase "breathe in the maliced air" :-) she’s a bit odd but i like how she sees the lamps :-) great unique take on the photo
ReplyDeleteThanks Kz. Maybe she is normal and everyone else is odd :-)
DeleteDear Subroto,
ReplyDeleteAlice is just a touch on the odd side, I'd say. She does make a good point about the textings etc. Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thanks as always for the prompt and for your comments Rochelle. Normal is what we make it to be ;-)
DeleteThere's definitely an underlying sense of something more than strangeness here - nicely conveyed, subtly understated.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sandra, I think you picked up the hints :-)
DeleteSometimes what seems odd is simply misunderstood. My grandmother was a potter. I never caught her talking to her works but they were her creations each with its own story and personality. "breathing maliced air" was spectacular. Great story.
ReplyDeleteThank you Dana
DeleteShe is a strange one, isn't she? Very creepy.
ReplyDeleteThanks Zainab
DeleteGood story and a little strange - but interesting! Thanks, Nan
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading Nan
DeleteIf they only knew. Nice, chilling story.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading Gina.
DeleteOh a crazy lamp lady! Very imaginative with just the right amount of eerie!
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda
DeleteIt's the eccentrics that give our world colour. Great little read.
ReplyDeleteTrue what would we do in monochromatic world. Thanks for reading.
DeleteInteresting take on the prompt. I loved the descriptions of the lamps :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Samriddhi, glad you liked it.
DeleteAh.. I love that you gave the lamps some personality... really cute.. but I'm a little concerned for someone preferring lamps to people
ReplyDeleteThanks Björn...sometimes the company of people is overrated ;-0
Delete“No time for people. “ I get like that sometimes.
ReplyDeleteSo do I..thanks for reading Dawn
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