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Accidents, Mishaps, and other inconsequential moments of fate/chance/tweakings

by Jordan789 

Posted: 11 April 2008
Word Count: 235
Summary: Gawd--I might have to shorten the title. For this week's challenge. Good luck. !


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Seven grams—I want seven grams. Do you hear me? Yes. But this thing doesn’t measure grams. How many ounces do you want? How big is one?

Six. Then I want four. Four ounces. Alright. Go do something and it will be done soon. Like what? Christ. Read a book. Go walk Billy and tell him about your day. I don’t know. What else could I do? I don’t know. Well—do you think it was a good thing to do? What? Cut down the big tree. The yard looks like it’s missing something. Christ. We needed to cut it down because the ants were eating the house. Go, sit in the other room for five minutes, and then the sausage will be done, and then you can eat it and we can go rent a movie. Okay? Okay.

Here, drink this. It will help. Billy, drink this. Drink this. My son is choking. No he can’t talk. We’re at twenty Sherman Street.

How long has he been unconscious for? Five minutes. Jesus Christ. Billy. Jesus Christ. Billy. How do you feel? My throat hurts. Jesus Christ.

And next time, take smaller bites. Okay. Still up for renting a movie? Yes. Do you know that I thought you were dead? What a way to go, eating an italian sausage. You know, people do that all of the time. I overheard the ambulance driver saying, not another one.






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Elbowsnitch at 19:35 on 12 April 2008  Report this post
Puzzling, Jordan. I like the ants. And
I overheard the ambulance driver saying, not another one.




tractor at 21:59 on 12 April 2008  Report this post
Hi Jordan,

good stuff, the surreal mental chaos of a panicking, guilty parent is the way I read this one?

Cheers

Mark



crowspark at 22:48 on 12 April 2008  Report this post
Hi Jordan

I thought the last bit was great:

Here, drink this. It will help. Billy, drink this. Drink this. My son is choking. No he can’t talk. We’re at twenty Sherman Street.

How long has he been unconscious for? Five minutes. Jesus Christ. Billy. Jesus Christ. Billy. How do you feel? My throat hurts. Jesus Christ.

And next time, take smaller bites. Okay. Still up for renting a movie? Yes. Do you know that I thought you were dead? What a way to go, eating an italian sausage. You know, people do that all of the time. I overheard the ambulance driver saying, not another one.


Great voice and excellent ending.

I struggled with the opening though and didn't really get what was going on but that may be my tired brain.

Thanks for the read.

Bill


Jumbo at 11:37 on 13 April 2008  Report this post
Hi

I struggled with this a bit. I couldn't work out who the character was - or quite what that first paragraph was about. Sorry!

The later paragraphs seemed more coherent - but it still seemed that your MC was talking to two people - Billy, drink this and later How long has he been unconscious for?.

I wondered if it was a mother calling for help after an accident involving her child - and a sauasage.

But I was never quite certain!

Cheers

john




V`yonne at 12:16 on 13 April 2008  Report this post
I liked the way the structure was as surreal as the situation. The conversation was clear though unpunctuated and I liked that ending.

Inspiration at 20:40 on 13 April 2008  Report this post
A parent's nightmare; I love the way it fits in with the confusion. A blend of total panic crossed with a mind full of guilt and jumbled up thoughts. The last thing you can do it stay calm and think straight. A good ending, and a sausage.

Wonderful.


XXInniXX

Inspiration at 21:33 on 13 April 2008  Report this post
Did I say this was the winner? Congrats!

XXInnIXX


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