When the Metaphor Is No Longer Needed
Today’s random word is telegraph
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She saw the shadow of an axe.
It no longer scared her.
The tool was slowly fading.
Perhaps tomorrow, afterward, when she relives it, the ax will be gone.
Her mother had warned her about boys.
“What’s bad about them,” she asked.
“The look they give you,” her mother said.
“What do you mean?”
“They telegraph what they want.”
What do they want?
To always take and never give, except.
But I like what he gives me. It makes me feel good.
Does he satisfy you?
Yes, he knows the secret.
He now sees the shadow of a blooming Clitoria.
Carole Olsen’s Drabble brought back memories.
Victoria Virgo wrote a poignant story.
And Miriam Connolly triggered my imagination.
Longer stories from me.
