why I avoid family reunions
cousin Appleby – rotten to the core
miss Beastly – terrible boar
Dexter’s missing – presumedably dead
Hedonista – everything goes right to her head
loopy Lorraine – lasciviously lunar lupine
sir Serialkiller — sends chills down one’s spine
mysterious Michael — holds malice towards none
great-uncle Blunderbuss – has a great huge gun
jolly Juliet – the jasmine pool jumper
tribal Trump – the podium thumper
feral Frederick – the un-freedom fighter
Oloriel special guest – none politer
zippy Zelda – zealous zealot
Pastor Peter – prattling prelate
wacky Wendy – weedy “where ya been last Wednesday”
yattering Yuri – too many Soviet secrets given away
vane Violet – loves her image, violence and film noir
courageous Captain Cody – well, has a gun and a car
rickety Richard – likes Riki massage
intoxicated Imogene – likes full un-dressage
Odd Q-tip determined to clean up rear ends
Old Xerox – refuses, stud to the end
And as always,
Kimie and Ursula left to clean up the clamber, the noise, the exuberance, the mis-placed desires, the zydeco dancing, the roman candle spires, the quarrels, the kiss-offs, the too long embraces, the zephyrs that show no moral decency in the frenzy. And since the innocent age of 10, I have been forced to attend. These unholy reunions of relatives creepy, of whom, of course, I care deeply. But this is the year, I swear, I shall re-une elsewhere. So if kissable cousin Kimie can see her way clear, to let unctuous Ursula pour the beer, then I, dear reader, am damn outta of here. To Edward Gorey’s Family Gathering we go. Should prove a much better show.
Sorta an Abecedarian for Mindlovemisery’s Writing Prompt November 13, 2016. {My apologies to Mr. Gorey.}
image: blog.cloth.com
© Lorraine & her frilly freudian slip
November 16, 2016 at 7:52 am
What a lovely entry, and thank you so much for putting me inside there as well. I don’t know how I would fare against all these characters! I also really like that you jumbled the letters and did not follow a strict This must be A followed by a B, I like that reading your entry feels like you were leading the prompt and task as much as it was leading you.
I hope you had fun participating! :)
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November 16, 2016 at 7:55 am
It took a while, several attempts. I had Edward Gorey’s lovely (to me anyway) alphabet stuck in my head, and my rhymes weren’t in order — so I tried to put some restraint on the chaos. I’m glad you liked it. One of the hardest prompts I actually finished. Well done on your part!!!!!!!
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November 16, 2016 at 7:56 am
It makes me happy to hear that you felt challenged, but not so much challenged that you would say Nah, let’s skip this one! I try and worry all the times that the prompts I offer are not boring or just a copy of something somebody else is already doing :)
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November 16, 2016 at 8:00 am
No, Olorie — your prompts are NEVER a copy of what someone else is doing nor are they EVER boring. So don’t worry. You challenge us mlmm folks rigorously, uniquely, and in the spirit of fun. :]:
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November 15, 2016 at 11:10 pm
I love this one so much! :-)
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November 16, 2016 at 1:40 am
Thank you. I kept thinking of his alphabet so created a family reunion to escape from I hoped was worthy of his illustration.
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November 15, 2016 at 10:15 pm
Most interesting response Lorraine, it was a challenge wasn’t it…
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November 15, 2016 at 11:08 pm
I did get all the letters but not in any discernable order.
Too challenged now to do the wordle or the picture prompt me thinks.
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