Wednesday, September 04, 2019

Shelf Life

Copyright Penny Gadd

I have been a lower shelf person for all my life.  The kind that is always within easy reach.  Need company for a movie? Call me.  Want a last minute party inclusion to make up numbers? Hey I don’t mind, I know how busy you are, invites slip your mind. It happens.

You? Always at the top of the shelf and a little hard to reach but you do get around.  Spreading out in all directions, upward mostly but occasionally sending feelers down and reminding us of your presence. 


Eventually you will find your way to my shelf.

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Written for the Friday Fictioneers.  Word count:100

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 I have another flash in this week Potted Plant Plot

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30 comments :

  1. Neil MacDonald1:02 am

    Great metaphorical extension of the prompt

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  2. Iain Kelly1:49 am

    Sounds like a potential romance could blossom.

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    1. Subroto1:43 am

      Perhaps Iain but more likely a contact made when something is needed.

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  3. Susan A Eames3:04 am

    Loved this take on the photo prompt! Cleverly done.


    Susan A Eames at
    Travel, Fiction and Photos


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    1. Subroto1:44 am

      Thank you Susan, I am glad you liked it.

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  4. Sandra Crook4:01 am

    I really liked your take on the prompt. Well done.

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  5. Dale9:07 pm

    This was a nice and original take. I really enjoyed it.

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  6. draliman11:29 pm

    Love the metaphor! I'm a bottom shelf sort of person myself :-)

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    1. Subroto1:45 am

      Like me then ;-) Thanks for your comments Ali.

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  7. Keith Hillman1:17 am

    Me? Right in the middle! A delightfully different take.


    My story - Billy and me!

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    1. Subroto1:46 am

      Middle is a good place to be. Thanks for reading Keith.

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  8. Rochelle Wisoff-Fields4:50 am

    Dear Subroto,

    Well done take on the prompt. It says a lot in few words about relationships and attitudes.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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    1. Subroto1:46 am

      Thank you Rochelle, I am glad you liked it.

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  9. lisarey1990@gmail.com3:06 pm

    Great metaphor.

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  10. margirene12:33 am

    I like where you took this and I like your title too. Very good.

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  11. Ira Mishra5:13 am

    The metaphor is just too good :)

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  12. brudberg12:41 pm

    I wonder if it's really so great up on that top-shelve as we always believes

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    1. Subroto5:40 pm

      Grass (or top shelf) is always greener on the other side. Thanks for yor comments Björn.

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  13. Jade Li7:00 pm

    In the meantime, life goes on...

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    1. Subroto5:41 pm

      As always :-)
      Thanks for commenting Lisa.

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  14. P.S. Joshi4:38 am

    I like this story from the view of the plants in the room. That's a viewpoint you don't hear very often. Funny and well-written, Subroto. :D --- Suzanne

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    1. Subroto5:42 pm

      Thanks Suzanne , that is one of of looking at it.

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  15. Linda1:21 pm

    What a genius take on the prompt :)

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    1. Subroto5:43 pm

      Thanks Linda, I am blushing now.

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