#FF — Why This Time?


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Why This Time?

Why this time? Our best vacation ever; on the ocean. Fresh-caught, rosemary-grilled swordfish, with citrus Margaritas, and similar variations of, every dinner. Sweating, rolling in rose-scented sheets each midnight.

Your eyes laser onto the hostess’ deep cleavage; the receding ass of our waitress after taking our orders; the crotch of the smooth-skinned sommelier explaining why red is better than white with our meal.

Morning brings matching beach and water corrugations under drab sky. Despite yellow flags, we maneuver the day sailer until shore blurs to smudged line. I target your temporal with my mallet, heave you overboard, and wait.

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Rochelle Wisoff-Fields is the host of Friday Fictioneers.

38 Comments Add yours

  1. Ron.'s avatar Ron. says:

    WHAMMO!!!

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  2. Carol anne's avatar Carol anne says:

    wow Li! That ending! Wonderful! Xox

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  3. James Pyles's avatar James Pyles says:

    “I target his temporal with my mallet” gave me a headache.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      “Don’t give me no lies, and keep yo eyes to yoself.” :)

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  4. Steve's avatar Steve says:

    Wow! He had that coming…

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  5. plaridel's avatar plaridel says:

    an ending i didn’t expect. did he deserve it or not? who am i judge?

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      Thanks for reading and your good questions.

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  6. Will's avatar Will says:

    Wow! Wandering eyes lead to throbbing heads.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      The question is, why this time?

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  7. Dale's avatar Dale says:

    Comes a point… enough it enough! That’ll learn him… or not ;-)

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      lmao Thanks and nice to see you, Dale.

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      1. Dale's avatar Dale says:

        ;-) Always a pleasure!

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  8. 😁 Good one. So, you are not a person to mess with 🤣.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      lol Surabhi, I’m not the MC … or maybe I am? ;)

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  9. James McEwan's avatar James McEwan says:

    jealousy, extreme!

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      Remember when Popeye said, “It’s all I can stands, I can’t stands no more.”?

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  10. I loved the corrugated water

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  11. Sadje's avatar Sadje says:

    Very unexpected ending

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      I’m sure he thought so lol

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      1. Sadje's avatar Sadje says:

        For sure 😅

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  12. memadtwo's avatar memadtwo says:

    Too much “boys will be boys” in this world…(K)

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      YES. Women (and others) are tired of being looked at like they were pieces of meat! There is no excuse for it.

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  13. Oh dear, that could have been me once upon a time!

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      I appreciate your honesty, Keith. Just don’t go sailing with me ;)

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  14. lisaapaul's avatar lisaapaul says:

    She closed his wandering eyes for good!!!

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  15. Unknown's avatar Anonymous says:

    What a fabulous write and I love the ending Lisa 🩷

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      Thanks, Someone :)

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  16. Angela Scott's avatar Angela Scott says:

    Okay, okay…nice! I always worry I go a little too dark with some of these prompts. Thank you for keeping me company with this one ;) Quite the ending.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li says:

      Angela, happy to keep you company :)

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  17. Chris Hall's avatar Chris Hall says:

    Gosh, I wasn’t expecting that, Li. Good one!

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  18. GHLearner's avatar GHLearner says:

    Whoa, that was unexpected. A harsh punishment for looking elsewhere… but maybe it wasn’t only the looking. Fun twist, Lisa. At least for the MC. 😁

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