A delightful week comes to a conclusion with me, at home, taking care of two sick kids. But at least I had Flash! Friday yesterday, and Janet today.
This week, we had to include
- Indiana
- Book
- Waffle
- House
- Tattoo
in a 100-word story. So I give you, dear readers, "Running."
The Indiana line lay just ahead.
It's close. Closer than the girl I left behind ever could be.
It's close. Closer than the girl I left behind ever could be.
Forever. "Forever," she wrote in my yearbook.
Twelve days. Twelve days until I turn 18. But I can't wait. So I race to escape this place and its Waffle House "culture" before it imprints me permanently.
A tattoo. The first thing I'll do is get a tattoo that says "Freedom."
Just short of freedom, they stop me and bring me back. They say they want me to see her, the girl I left behind.
The girl I left behind, in a ditch.
Kind of grim, I suppose. And totally NOT true, in case you were wondering.
So what are you all running from?
Another good story, although I wasn't expecting that last line. I didn't enter JR's contest this time because I was preoccupied with 'family excitement.' But when I read Indiana was on the list, all I could think of was an oldie from 1970 called
ReplyDeleteIndiana Wants Me
Indiana wants me, Lord, I can't go back there
Indiana wants me, Lord, I can't go back there
I wish I had you to talk to
If a man ever needed dying, he did
No one had a right to say, what he said about you
And it's so cold and lonely here without you
Out there, the law is coming, I've been so tired of running
Indiana wants me, Lord, I can't go back there
Indiana wants me, Lord, I can't go back there
I wish I had you to talk to...
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Nice. Thanks for sharing.
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