A Timothy Key Writing Challenge

An Emotionally Frustrated Texas Artist is Usually Out of Booze

What else is there to be frustrated about? Oh yeah, this COVID thing. Well, booze helps with that too.

P.G. Barnett
ILLUMINATION
Published in
3 min readJul 24, 2020

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In my humble opinion in Texas, emotionally frustrated artists come in only one very distinct type. Those who lack a sufficient stock of booze to get them through their creative processes of the day, uh hour, okay minute, dammit.

Look, I’m frustrated okay?

First, it was B. A. Cumberlidge. He challenged Timothy Key to do a video. Then Earnest Painter jumped into the fray and challenged Tim to post an article about an emotionally frustrated artist. So what does old firefighter Tim do? He does both in one piece. A hilarious poem about a murder on the high seas (actually in the marina) and takes a video of him reading the sucker.

Then what does Tim do? He tags my ass and says, “Well, P.G. what’s it going to be, dude?”

Really Tim? Really?

Now look, all three of you dudes. I don’t know if I can handle all this pressure! Glug, glug, glug. Well okay, maybe I can. Glug, glug, glug, glug, glug.

Me wiping the foam off my upper lip: Oh…

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P.G. Barnett
ILLUMINATION

A published author enjoying married Texas bliss. Dog person living with cats. A writer of Henry James' stories. Featured In MuckRack. Top Writer In Fiction.