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THE WELL-MEANING FRIEND
[FlashXer] EXERCISE;TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2008
I, like most of us, have many, many faults. (My spouse will
be happy to provide a list) but not among them is a predilection for
the sauce. Actually, I have booze left over from my youngest kids bar
mitzvah,
(he is soon to be 50) so I don't imbibe. But, I have read enough
stuff to know
that our prompt has a reality of it's own. So see what you can do
with it.
As usual, any part of the prompt can work for you...you need not follow
the suggestion as it is here. Go to it, pour yourself a stiff one, if
you need to
and start writing....
"IT HAS GOT TO BE AFTER 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE,"
HE/SHE SAID, AS WITH SHAKING HANDS HE POURED A STIFF ONE...
Usual rules apply. 1000 words. In the subject line, please, your name,
the word Shaking and the story title.
Do yourself a favor. Fortify yourself with something and then start
writing.
If you slur the keys on the computer, you'll know you've had too much.
Have fun.
Hic.
Irv
Janine's Shaking "The Well-Meaning Friend" 262 words
"So I heard you are an alcoholic. Do you want some help with that?" Said the well-meaning friend (WMF).
"What are you talking about?" Said the stunned accused (SA).
"I heard you were swaying as you walked, slurring your words, having trouble getting up in the morning and had a super high blood-alcohol level." WMF
"Oh yeah? Where did you hear all of that?" SA
"I read it on the internet, so it must be true. It is just a listing of basic facts. How could it be wrong?" WMF
"Hmmm... Did you ever think it could be that I am a victim of people doing a study who come to where I sleep, pump vaporized alcohol into my home, break into my home to do things to my body and then hide their criminal activity behind the implied slander on this website?" SA
"But how could anyone doing a study do all of that? You must be delusional. If they really are doing all of that, it must be for your own good." WMF
"Interesting perspective. Do victims with smart, well-dressed criminals in their lives have anyone to turn to?" SA
"I don't know what you are talking about. I think I will join them in their fight against your mental health issues." WMF
"So, you want to join the criminals in their fight to keep the world from knowing the truth?" SA
"They say the pay is good, so why not?" WMF
So who is the stunned accused and who is the well-meaning friend? Are we in the Twilight Zone?
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