“Boards”
Excitement and
nervousness are caused by the same chemicals in your brain—yet—feel vitally
different she thought as she paced the carpet. She dug her bare toes into the
grey pile of the carpet. She tugged at leather band of her wrist watch. The phone
rang.
“Hello?”
“Congratulations, you
passed the test.”
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And now mine, inspired by things that I saw at the site of the Columbia Hotel fire this past week.
"Columbia"
Bricks sit on a blue car and toppled beams point
skyward. Icicles drip from a window where ornaments on a Christmas tree glow in
the sun. The wind shakes the blackened
rafters, and a photograph of a young boy lands at my feet. Is it his tree? Santa Claus, look for this boy somewhere
else.
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8 comments:
First, Congrats to The Oldest!
Second, Your 55 made me cry...
oh sad and sweet*sniffle*
Both of you, brava!
oh yours is so sad...makes me think of people kicked out over the holidays and the kids afraid santa wont find them....
what a relief int hat first one...
What a wonderful feeling of success when the call finally comes through.
Congratulations to daughter! (although I'm sorry if I missed the news first time around ... although it was fun to read it this way!) And wow, very touching is "Columbia" ...did you take the photo ... wow!
A tag team of Flash Fiction delight
You guys ROCK!Loved your daughters anxiety 55. Loved your all true real 55...
Thank You both so much for playing, I hope this helps you both in writing more succinctly
Have a Kick Ass Week-End
Talk about a mix of emotions in 110 words.
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