July Prompt: The Less Appropriate Time

Jul 7, 20149 min read

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Published: Jul 7, 2014

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Last month's prompt, Fear of the Planet, had six entries! Here they are:

Reflection Upon FearI've searched for the arbitrary,
Found places abandoned to a plague,
Under restoration yet unrestored:
Awl-marks tagged for eternity,
Fresh rage scored the plaster,
Hastily-painted mural of Christ
Marred upon the stone façade,
The scaffolding’s chain of pipes
And planks were
Dark with soot, vacated.
Some things in us that we can't see
Are narrow, dead ends from pillar
To post, soundlessly guiding where
We shouldn't be led.
He who grabs and demands an open hand
From which to stand again
May stand, higher even,
On other men.
Dust particles poised to curse us,
We cannot cure the condition of "versus".
Children play kick-the-can
With a dented censer;
I watch them battle with each kick, a
Fresh perfume of cinders. Full Circle“Can’t you go on your own?”
“That’s not the point, James. You’ve got to get used to the way things are now; I know it’s tough, but it’ll only get harder the longer you wait, and it’s already been months.
This argument was nothing new, but Adam doubted he’d ever get used to it. Ever since the Surveillance Revolution ended in Canada, a new, exasperating paranoia had taken hold of some of the more fragile youth: they were afraid to be out of sight. Before the Pan-American Surveillance Agency was dissolved, their main line of propaganda defense had been to assure the public that their programs were in everyone’s best interest: because how else could they catch the bad guys? They didn’t catch them, of course. Not really. Not the valuable ones. But when you’re young and Stranger Danger feels as real as ever, the idea of having somebody always watching your back was co <da:thumb id="466094649"/> JournalDear Journal, or Doctor, or myself in the future?
The time now is about three o'clock in the afternoon on Tuesday, the 14th of July. The weather outside is sunny, though the morning was rather cloudy. I'm not entirely sure how this works, or what it's supposed to sound like, but Dr. Eckstein did say I should keep a journal of my day-to-day thoughts, so...here it is. If you are reading this Doc, this feels stupid. If anyone else is reading this, please delete these files immediately.
At 9:00AM, I was awoken by my alarm clock. Got up and out of bed. Went to the kitchen for breakfast.
Looked out the window and saw that the sky was grey. I thought I heard that it would be sun all day, so I had expected to stay in as usual today. Figured today would be a good of a day as any to try it again since the sun wasn't out...but not yet.
Bowl...check. Milk...check. Spoon...check. Medicine...check. I washed the bowl out first. I was concerned at first since I thought I had run out of bottled w

The 100 points will be awarded to unenglishable, thanks all for participating and I hope you'll like the next prompt also.

The tiny little bit of inspiration

Sometimes the thoughts in my head get so bored they go out for a stroll through my mouth. This is a rarely a good thing...

The Prompt

Someone has a terrible bout of word vomit at the least appropriate time, like a fart in church. Just, one that never ends... Perhaps they've had a great realization, or they've recently entered into a crisis, or they're just beyond one? Some people don't realise they're speaking out loud until it's too late, sometimes, and that never ends very well. Write about it, but not in first person!

Prose should be between 55 and 1000 words (sounds familiar?

Viva FFM!), poetry 50 lines maximum. (:

Want some harder challenges? Served!

this person with word vomit, for some reason or another, is talking like they are from a different time in history (or, perhaps, the future), but they're not. Why are they speaking that way? The reason is important to your storyline.

the person with word vomit doesn't actually exist, and they've just realized they don't exist. The ultimate existential crisis. And paradox. How will you make it fit into the story?

Prizes and chat events

As always, 100 points will go to a random participant, so get your writing done!

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July is FLASH FICTION MONTH, just saying.