Practice Makes Perfect Born traveling, son of Ivan the Strongman and Sirena, the only Mermaid in captivity, Eggbert finally asked Mr. Barnum for permission to start his own act. After hearing the pitch, Mr. Barnum agreed, but only if he performed under Mystical Umbrella with Tatiana, the Tarot Card Reader and Indica, the Snake Charmer….
Category: Friday Fictioneers
#FF — The Hotel Frederick
The Hotel Frederick It’s where old writers go to die. Stone steps welcome. Stable arches affirm. Windows manifest transparency. Moon-light guides through unlockable doors. Pietra, Librarian and Hostess, greets you with her Bodhisattva smile and shows you to your room, #317. Belle, in #318, hears your vintage Royal tapping through the wall. Soon her tap…
#FF — The Temple
The Temple I meet Jeremy at a political rally. He’s selling buttons that are pinned to his white robe. Jeremy looks like a young George Harrison. He mesmerizes me with his smile and soothing tones. On the back of my purchased “Clean Water for MI” button, I notice contact information for The Temple. “What’s the…
#FF — Idyll
Idyll Lines and curves, shadows and light plaid themselves along the water. It’s an idyll I settled into after selling my home: seven-hundred square feet; one pet allowed; in-unit washer and dryer; roomy basement storage sections; and no H.O.A. fee! I rise early, drink cuppajoe, and head out on my bicycle to CoffeeCat to sip,…
#FF — Family
Family I vaguely remember three hundred years ago. I am an idea, lying under Mother’s shade with my siblings. We sleep through Winter’s snow blanket. In Spring melt we, small brown pigs, wake to root in pungent humus. Breeze touches us all Summer until our greenery leaves in Autumn. Mother is ravaged by loggers; her…
#FF — Unshakable Bodhisattva
Unshakable Bodhisattva While Canadian soldiers were being sent abroad by their government in WWII to fight fascism, at home, agents were stealing babies from Indigenous families. Little Buffy was shipped south, to a white family in America, to have the Indian scrubbed from her. After double university degrees, Buffy returned to her reservation and was…
#FF — Answered (2nd one 4 this prompt)
Answered Louie shoves Willis from the ‘copter mid-desert, yelling, “Nobody likes a thief!” Willis follows Sol across the sky. As cool evening air washes over his sunburned body, he kneels and says a prayer for salvation, then falls into dreamless sleep. As Sol rises, Willis sets out again, climbing a large sunny dune. As he…
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