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My Dodge Dart

February 4, 2022 4 Comments

By Jonathan Worlde

The machine transfers me to that dark wooded lot, where Joanne and I parked in my Dad’s old car on our first high school date. Skin, breasts, limbs, clothing asunder.

To relive this cherished moment I paid TimeZones ten thousand.

Something feels off, like I’m watching from a distance, a voyeur.

In the backseat, horizontal, we push and pull, thrashing and groaning. But I’m standing outside the car, getting hard watching. I tap the window with my flashlight, startling the undressed teens with my gun and uniform.

Somehow TimeZones screwed up—I’ve become the cop who busted us for indecent exposure.

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  1. Alastair says

    February 4, 2022 at 11:02 am

    Murphy’s Law strikes again! Nice one 🙂

    Reply
  2. Kelly Louisa Balliu says

    February 14, 2022 at 10:32 am

    Haha – clever!

    Reply
    • Sue Armstrong says

      February 18, 2022 at 7:17 pm

      As always, a good laugh with a twist of lemon

      Reply
  3. detour says

    February 25, 2022 at 6:11 pm

    beyond being funny this is good writing – thanks

    Reply

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