It’s Different Now
THE DETAILS:
Friday Fictioneers: 1 picture, 100 words, scores of people from around the world sharing their creativity and vision. Feel welcome to join in; visit Rochelle Wisoff-Fields HERE to find out how.
THE PROMPT:
This week’s photo prompt courtesy of, and copyright by, J. Hardy Carroll, who can be found HERE.
THE STORY:
It’s Different Now
I enjoy exploring abandoned buildings. Houses, barns, garages, makes no difference to me. Abandoned buildings are great places to pretend to be an adventurer and, with camera in hand, to let my creativity fly free.
When I was young these abandoned treasures were everywhere, but there aren’t many of them around nowadays. They’re torn down and redeveloped quickly and fences keep people out.
It’s different today.
Today when I play adventurer and take pictures in broken-down structures I think of Israel, New York, Boston, Paris, Iraq and Afghanistan. And now Manchester.
Different ruins. Different destruction. Different abandonment.
Different reality.
– 99 words. One word left over in memory of the victims of terrorism –
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A fine FF there Michael. Sad that your list of cities is so long and sadder still that you could name many, many more. Haunting and well told
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Thanks, Lynn. In truth I almost deleted this and started over because how could I leave out Orlando and San Bernadino and right here in St. Cloud, Minnesota? And the thought that a person could probably list 100 cities was almost overwhelmingly sad. Thanks for reading and commenting!
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Sadly true.
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Sadly, well done! 😦
If I leave you a cookie, will you give me a comment? 😕
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Very moving story, Michael.
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Thanks, Neel!
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Dear Michael,
Subtle and powerful statement. I love Leonard Cohen. Had to wait to click post comment to hear the whole song.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks, Rochelle! I don’t think many people appreciate Leonard Cohen because he doesn’t have a “beautiful” voice or anything like that, but those words . . .
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Voice Shmoice. He was an amazing wordsmith.
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No bigger Leonard Cohen fan than me. And loved your story, sad and indicative as it is.
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Great tone in this story. Listing the new destructions we have suffer was very effective. It is startling to think the list is incomplete and growing.
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You told this so well.
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Poignant. Good take.
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Thank you 🙂
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You’re right in that so many more could be listed. Places of destruction not only through attacks, but through war and conflict. So many places could go onto your list Syria, Palestine, Burma, Sudan…
Abandoned places are so hauntingly intriguing. You can almost feel the past echoing in its ruins. Lovely POV.
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This is really touching
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This is terrifying… and alas the list is very very long.
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You took us from childhood to adulthood with a jerk. In a very well-written way. Perhaps my favorite story this week.
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Good writing, Michael, powerful use of the prompt. —- Suzanne
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