50-word microfiction
Late
Thrifty Words Challenge #11: Late
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As a kid, in school, I often got my name written on the chalkboard for being tardy to class. Soon thereafter I would get a checkmark after my name because I wasn’t paying attention. I was (am) a dreamer. It takes something special to hold my attention. I easily slip into the world in my head rather than the world of reality.
Now that my profession is as a writer, all of that daydreaming has become a skill. No longer will I get my name written on a board with checkmarks next to it. I do, however, still have deadline obligations. And I missed my latest deadline.
This Thrifty Word Theme Challenge #11 is late. I’m just now writing it at 6:00 a.m. on Monday. I apologize for my tardiness. I make no excuses.
Instead, this week my tardiness informs my theme challenge. Late.
Late can mean happening after the expected time. Late can also mean deceased. I leave it up to you to interpret the word.
Late. 50 words. Go!
