Photo by MarkusmitK@pixabay.com
He sat on the railway bridge and felt a moment of serenity.
And smiled as he considered that Life was so full of vapid worthlessness; an entity of nothingness; a rotting fungus living parasitically on time.
He took a deep breath, nothing drastic, then fell under the 8:29 train.
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This tale was written for Kat Myrman’s Twittering Tales Challenge:
Twittering Tales #155 – 24 September 2019
It was also written for the Tuesday Writing Prompt from the Go Dog Go Cafe, where the word prompt was Serenity:
Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge September 24, 2019
I have also incorporated the following word prompts:
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2019/09/26/drastic/
https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2019/09/26/your-daily-word-prompt-entity-september-26-2019/
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2019/09/26/rdp-thursday-fungus/
Simple, but deadly effective.
Love it! 🖤
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Thank you, I’d like to say just like my rapier-like wit, but unfortunately not the case 😉
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Haha!! Don’t worry – I’m exactly the same 😁🖤
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I wondered if anyone would go there! Sad tale Kristan, but so well told, and using the prompt words too! 😊
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Thank you. It’s the first thing I thought when I saw the picture, which may not be a reassuring insight into the state of my mind at present. 🙂
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…and then everyone started posting pics and comments on Twitter.
Well done, as usual👏🌻
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Thank you. 🙂
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Very sad….but clever. You are a clever tale weaver 🙂
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Thank you. 🙂
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❤ hope you are chilling ❤
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I’m chilling with my Gin and Tonic 😉
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A nice combination of prompts.
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Thank you 🙂
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Welcome 🙂
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