When She Holds Me (Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction Challenge)
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January 11, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about wet ink. It can be artistic, writerly or something completely off-the-wall. Go where the prompt leads.
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When She Holds Me
I love when she holds me.
So many years – her hand, now heavily veined and knuckled with arthritis is, even after all this time, still strong and comforting.
The magic lives in that hand.
Me, I’m the same. A little nicked here and there, also showing my age, but she warms me, and keeps me happy. She keeps me young.
I’m lucky. Others her age would have abandoned me. Would have left me for the new WordPerfect, but she never stopped writing words in longhand. She feeds me with ink and I dance across the parchment, singing her song.
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Wow! Brilliant second-to-last line.
Wet ink and Luna Sea, best madness, indeed!
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Thanks Liz!
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Ah Ha! Cool.
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Thank you!
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Oh, that’s gorgeous!
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Thanks, Abby!
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So so wonderful. Great twist, and amazing perspective. Loved it to bits.
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Thank you sir!
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Well done. Most would have abandoned her for wordperfect. Love it from the pen’s perspective. You’ve made me think of the old Parker Fountain pen I was given in 1967 as a farewell present. Wish I still had it.
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Thanks, Irene! I got a fountain pen years ago for a high school graduation and after I wrote the little flash I started wondering whatever happened to it.
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Clever, Michael. A lasting relationship between a writer and her paper. Love the music!
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Thanks, Charli!
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Ha! Had me wondering until the end.
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Thanks for reading (and commenting!) Norah! 🙂
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So cool. Like a riddle. Love it.
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You have great descriptions here as well. 🙂 Loved it.
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Excellent@ Had to read it twice to realize it was the pen talking.
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We both saw veiny hands.
I’m impressed you conveyed so much in 99 words. 🙂 Good twist.
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Everyday she’s shufflin’: Slow on her feet, but quick with those hands! Well done, Michael!
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