Travel Relief

        While traveling on a vacation of a lifetime to scenic Italy with my best friends, I felt the sudden urge to relieve myself.  Pointing, I exclaimed   

“As I pee, sir, I see Pisa!” 

      This week the folks at trifecta challenged us to use a palindrome in a short story of a mere 33 words.   A palindrome is a word or phrase that reads the same forward as it does backwards. 

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Free Once Again!

      She stared at the blank screen and started typing then immediately deleted the words she had written. That sounded completely stupid.  No one would want to read that!  Frustrated she tried again, knowing that hours were stretching into days and days would soon be a whole week since she last posted or wrote anything.  Time worked that way and often got away from her.  She quickly clicked over to the screen that held all those brilliant souls who had already posted their entries.  Over 20 people already with brilliant stories and perfect grammar that hadn’t been stripped of their words like she had.  Damn.  Clicking on one she was drawn into a journey into the writer’s imagination that awed her.  Back she went to the empty page in Microsoft Word.  Write something!  She started again and again until it was time to give up and go to work. 

         Depressed and forlorn, she wondered how long she would be in this wordless funk.  She went to work even though she really didn’t want to go.  She faced the onslaught of children descending the cafeteria with a smile, because they deserved a cheerful disposition.  How bright and happy they were!  Their mood was contagious!  For the first time in weeks they were bundled up to go outside for recess.    They had been doomed to endure indoor recess for weeks on end.  Damn the weather to hell.  What good was the snow if no one could frolic in it?  She welcomed their hugs, felt rewarded by their smiles, and felt happy when one took her hand as she led them to the nurse.

       
 
       She returned to her computer at the end of the workday to discover her addled brains had been freed from their shackles.  The words flowed freely through her fingertips once again as she typed her latest story, publishing it with a sense of satisfaction and glee that knew no bounds.  Her soul rejoiced once again. 

• Your response must be between 33 and 333 words.  Mine has 325  • You must use the 3rd definition of the given word in your post. • The word itself needs to be included in your response. • You may not use a variation of the word; it needs to be exactly as stated above. • Only one entry per writer. • Trifecta is open to everyone.  If you are inspired, please join us!

FUNK (noun)
1 a :  a state of paralyzing fear
   b :  a depressed state of mind
2 :  one that funks :  COWARD
3 :  SLUMP  <an economic funk>  <the team went into a funk>

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How Do I Live?

       She watched helplessly as he packed his suitcase.  He had found someone else to be devoted to and his betrayal rocked her to her very core.  How would she live life without him?

The above fast fiction was written for this week's Trifecta challenge.  We were asked write something for the theme "love gone wrong" in exactly 33 words.  The kicker was that we weren't allowed to use the following words: love, sad, tears, wept, heart, pain.


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Riding into the Sunset

  

       Mom thought I was exaggerating until I pointed him out at the mall riding his imaginary horse screeching “Whee!” as he galloped along, slapping his own ass. “Well, isn’t he quaint?” she giggled.

This post was written for the Trifecta writing prompt.

     My response had to be between 33 and 333 words.  Mine is exactly 33 words in length • You must use the 3rd definition of the given word, quaint,  in your post. • The word itself needs to be included in your response. • You may not use a variation of the word; it needs to be exactly as stated . • Only one entry per writer. Mine happens to be true story.

QUAINT (adjective) 1:  obsolete:  EXPERT, SKILLED 2a:  marked by skillful design <quaint with many a device in India ink — Herman Melville>   b:  marked by beauty or elegance 3a : unusual or different in character or appearance :  ODD   b : pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar <a quaint phrase> 

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You and Me

The first time I saw you, I knew you were the one for me. 

Fate had stepped in and brought you to me. 

We fell in love.  

My best friend, we vowed to be one for all time.

This was written for the Trifextra writing prompt #100.   They challenged me to write a 33-word response to the following snippet:

The first time I saw. . .

Here's the catch: all of the 33 words must be one syllable each. 
To clarify, we were given 5 words and asked to add another 33, for a grand total of 38.

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The Jacket

 

      It was past time to clean out the closet.  I could no longer find anything to wear in the sea of clothes.  As I painstakingly went about the task of sorting, I came across my jacket from the high school cross country team as my son waltzed into the room.

      “Are you throwing THIS away? “He asked in disbelief.  I glanced over my shoulder to see what had caught his attention.  He was holding up my old high school cross country team jacket.  I sat back on my haunches and shrugged.  It no longer fit me and probably never would again. I kind of hated to get rid of it but neither of my children would ever go to that school.  What was the point of keeping it?  I went back to my sorting, wanting more than anything to get through the task in this lifetime.

     “Can I have it?”  My mind went blank.  “Have what?”  I looked over my shoulder to see my son trying on the jacket.

    “Why would you want that old thing?"  I asked in disbelief than saw the outrage that crossed his features as he began to count off its many virtues, the volume of his voice rising with each one.  I didn’t want to hear the arguments or fight about it.  I wasn’t in the mood!!

     “Whatever!  Take it!  It’s yours!”

    This story was written for the Trifecta challenge according to the criteria given below.  While this story is purely fictional and off the top of my head, the possibility of it becoming reality is  possible but hasn't really happened. ♥

WHATEVER
1.  (pronoun) a: anything or everything that
      b: no matter what : regardless of what
  Used in questions that express surprise or confusion
2.  (adjective) a: all the
      b: any ; any … that
      Used to refer to something that is not known
3.   (adverb) Used to show that something is not important

Remember:
• Your response must be between 33 and 333 words. 
• You must use the 3rd definition of the given word in your post. 
• The word itself needs to be included in your response. 
• You may not use a variation of the word; it needs to be exactly as stated above. 
• Only one entry per writer. 

New Years Resolutions

A 3 word resolution for Trifextra...

Laugh even more!

Full Moon

      It is time: last game of senior year.  They dropped their drawers and mooned the crowd.    Choking on their mirth, they ran, pulling up their pants, as the crowd exploded in laughter.  Classic!

This was written for this week’s Trifextra prompt. Charles Dickens, in A Christmas Carol, wrote “There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.” You have exactly 33 words to make us laugh out loud and spread some festive cheer.

A New Year

 

This fictional story was written for the Trifecta Week 106 where it is stipulated that my response must be between 33 and 333 words.  • I must use the 3rd definition of the given word in my post.  • The word itself needs to be included in my response.  • I may not use a variation of the word; it needs to be exactly as stated.  • Only one entry per writer.  •  Trifecta is open to everyone, so feel free to join in and link up!  This week's challenge word is:

 tush

1. a long pointed tooth; especially : a horse's canine

2. an interjection used to express disdain or reproach

3. buttocks (slang)

     The atmosphere in the nightclub was electric, the strobe lights keeping time with the rock and roll band performing on stage to a near capacity crowd.  Balloons and streamers cascaded from every nook and cranny.  There wasn’t a soul in the whole establishment that wasn’t celebrating tonight…the last night of the year.

       “I simply love this song!  We must dance!” she proclaimed to her best friend as she downed another shot of tequila before heading back to the dance floor with her 2014 tiara slightly askew.  She rushed to a crowded spot directly in front of the stage and shook her tush with reckless abandon to the beat along with everyone else, punching her fist in the air as she danced.  She let out a scream of approval.  The band answered her gyrations with a driving killer beat and sizzling guitar licks.  Caught up in the euphoria of the night, the whole night club seemed to vibrate with expectancy and exhilaration.

       As midnight loomed, the excitement escalated.  A minute till midnight, the band ceased playing.  She joined the rest of the crowd chanting the countdown to the New Year as they watched the ball drop in Times Square on the clubs giant plasma television mounted behind the band.  Hundreds of balloons dropped, confetti flew, and a New Year was born full of hope, promise, and shouts of Happy New Year by every reveler.