Microfiction Monday #47 ~ where a picture paints 140 characters, or even fewer. Susan says:
Photos will be from my own archives; illustrations are from Dover Publications' free clipart sample newsletter.
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A giant curl of water leered over his tiny boat.
His hand willed the nightmare to stop.
Homeless, he sailed his flooded street to nowhere.
(140 characters)
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16 comments:
Quite a unique take on tis picture. This creates and entire story in my head. He's homeless, eh?
Poor Soul, I can only try to imagine what it would be like to be Homeless.
This was really good.
A homeless and tortured soul. So few words giving so much emotion. I'd love to read more of this one.
Have a wonderful week x
A weary soul trying ti did himself out. A daily exercise for the homeless. Very moving for me.
Have a god week.
A very moving post, Gemma, I immediately thought of the homeless people in New Orleans after Katrina! Hope your week is off to a great start!
Sylvia
Very interesting take! We don't appreciate what we have until we can't have it, huh?
Another one that made me sad....maybe I'm just having a sad day. But good take on the picture.
Have a great week ahead. Cheers!
WOOT: I love this. I would have never thought to make it a story about being homeless. I love the second sentence. Very well done my friend :) Have a great week ahead :)
This is a good metaphor for hopelessness in homelessness. Well done!
homeless,
nightmare,
big deal in a few words.
lovely done!
oh my quite a sad story hinted at here....you put your thinking cap on for this one
good one
So very creative. Wow, great take and quite an imagination.
Eek, another bad summer! Thanks for dropping by to read my 140. Sorry for the delay but dealing with drama of son having to dash across Italy to catch his flight. Hope your week goes better then his!
Gemma...
This is the only Flood Story I've seen...
Great Job!!!
Gemma, this is the best one today -- a complete story that leaves me wanting to know the next chapter.
Very impressive!
I liked it. Pretty unique. Thanks for commenting on my MM
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