The Double-Dog Dare, Sweet Scary Nostalia

 My Dear Sillies,
   A very talented and loving lady, Jenny Matlock, used to do a Saturday Centus exercise. I occasionally participated. This photo was the prompt. The challenge: using all five senses, write about this in 100 words max.
   Here's my story, The Double Dog Dare...

 

 “I double-dog dare ya to go in,” Johnny challenged. He was cute so I acted brave.  

“Okay.” I swallowed my jelly bean whole. Salty black-licorice flavor stuck to my tongue.  Entering the creepy old shack, the smell of mud overtook me.  I was blinded by darkness.

“Welcome!” A boyish voice came up through the floors’ wooden panels.  I noticed a gaping hole at my feet and felt the sudden firm grip of fingers clasping my ankles from below.

“Let me go! Help! Help!”

A familiar giggle slowed my pulse.

“Johnny, you poo-poo head! That wasn’t funny!”

  

Wordplay, A Saturday Centus

I've been ditching class for too long. It's back-to-school time, so I re-entered Jenny Matlock's Saturday Centus.  She challenged us to write a sentence without the two most common letters of the English language, "e" or "t".

Here's my humble offering: My mojo ran away.

Jenny's assignment also prompted this little rhyme:

Wordplay

There's "hop" in "hope" without the "e"

And "can" in "can't" minus the (apostrophe) "t"

Wordplay alone serves to attest:

Sometimes we manage more with less.

Be well, enjoy the weekend, and keep hopping.

Is it Nap Time Yet?

Wishing all good mommies a glorious nap this weekend!

{Originally posted for Saturday Centus on 5/14/11. The prompt was "Hush little baby, don't you cry."}

Is it Nap Time Yet?



Hush little baby

Don't you cry.

Life isn't easy

I'm not gonna lie.

But you've yet to taste chocolate

Or visit the zoo

Skip rocks 'cross a creek

And play peek-a-boo.

You haven't chased bubbles

Or wiggled your nose

Counted your fingers

Or tickled your toes.

And you've yet to eat ice-cream

Or dash through the park

Catch your first spider

And hide in the dark.

Right now, though, you stink

And you're all full of crap.

So let's get you changed

Then mom needs a nap.

Living the Dream, A Saturday Centus

 

Jenny Matlock's Saturday Centus keeps us challenged in fun and interesting ways. This week, we're assigned to write a piece in exactly 100 words, including the 5 words of the prompt (bolded below). 

Please enjoy. Jump aboard, if you haven't already, and visit other centus posts here.
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Living the Dream

I’m living the dream, man.

But don’t get me wrong.

I work real hard

Dude pass me my bong.

I’m up before noon

Then act like a fool.

It’s a stretch for me, bro. 

Do I look like a tool?

The babes aren’t too smart.

But they’re stacked like IHOP.

When I just wanna nap

They whine “Dontcha stop!”

The lights are too bright and shiny and stuff

At eight grand per show

This work’s way too much...

*Bleep* they send me to Rome

I don’t even speak Dutch!

Say, wanna puff?

Reality TV -

‘Nuff said. It’s real tough.

Losing it After 40: A Saturday Centus

Jenny Matlock's Saturday Centus sometimes (e.g., this week) challenges us to write a piece within 100 words. The prompt is bolded below. Consider joining the fun, if you haven't already. And please visit other centus posts here.

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 Losing it After 40

 

The chair dominated the small room. I didn't see it until I walked into it, though. A peppy young Doctor giggled and patted the seat for me, indicating where to place my butt. She pushed a cold, binocular-like apparatus against my face. 

"What letters do you see?" she asked.

Letters? Those fuzzy black spots? I pondered. Nervously, I made stuff up: "U, R, A, P, P,"..."Y, O, Y?"…“C, I, C!”

She shoved the apparatus aside and scrawled out a prescription. "You really need bifocals. It often happens after forty."

F, U, kid! I thought.