Boomerang, cracked
The Roxy’s matchbox containing fingernail clippings, snapped steel string
England’s Dreaming: dog-eared; copious underlining; margins scored by slashed exclamation marks; last page’s orange marker redaction reveals scattered-letter anthem, ‘a second birth’
Fender guitar pick, Zebra print, melted tip
Shattered 80’s One-Hit-Wonders mixtape
A moldy/latte/ciggy-butt takeout cup: Carly doodled three hearts; begged in curly cursive, ‘Call Me!’
Winston Furchill: Bulldog tripod, chronic flatulence, rabid chewer, your precious ‘rescue’
Twenty-pound bag of specialty kibble atop unpaid vet bill, three eviction notices, and one court summons
Sheet music for incomplete comeback song
Replica Grecian urn, bloody and vomit-caked
Singed tweezers
Daughter: me
Beautiful. I really enjoyed the imagery and the emotion created. Well done!
Thank you for the feedback. I’m pleased to read this story evoked in you emotion.
Like it immensely. Short, sweet and to the point.
Thank you, David. Kind of you to give feedback. I appreciate it very much.
Wonderful expression through phrases without using a single sentence in the piece. Indeed these 101 words carry the meaning of a thousand words. Thank you, Cassandra, for letting me know about this technique.
Am tickled, I.R. Pathak, to introduce another writer to a form. I look forward to reading how YOU use list form to tell a tale.