The swill hit my throat like sandpaper. There was zilch in my stomach other than amphetamines. The cheap whiskey collided with the pills; tidal effect.
Feeling the relentless purgative effects, I flumbled from couch cushions on the floor, looking for a receptacle, NOW.
The world was sanguine; I clutched my gut swearing never, never, never again. Like last week. Like yesterday.
First tattoo a symbolic gravestone – just for mom who said my wildness would put me there.
Stumbled past Barefaced Lenny in his groove – volume on extreme, a snaggly grin on his face, reverie at seven dollars a pop.
Second tattoo a lounge lizard – just for pop whose avarice and appetites got me here.
Heard the whirr of a machine – bathroom to the right; kick the damn door down if I could.
Third tattoo a tarot card, the reversed fool – just for me.
Combination of Sunday Whirl #278: a baker’s dozen & Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie wordle #134 19.12.16
sunday whirl words: couch, collide, grave, volume, cushion, groove, card, now, machine, symbol, never, lounge (not used: grind)
mlmm words: relent, wildness, barefaced, amphetamine, swill, tidal, sanguine, reverie, avarice, zilch, sandpaper (used as title: the 4th rule ({there is an exception to every rule})
December 23, 2016 at 7:51 pm
Great job of weaving the words into your story. Like the rest, I love the “reversed fool.”
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December 23, 2016 at 8:44 pm
Seemed the perfect card/tattoo for her to have. Glad my choice worked well in the story.
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December 21, 2016 at 3:28 pm
I like the combined word prompts here. “the reversed fool – just for me.” Oh we all feel this card is played at some point in our lives. sometimes at several points.
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December 21, 2016 at 8:55 pm
Yes, the fool is a constant. Glad you enjoyed the double wordle.
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December 20, 2016 at 6:11 pm
Nicely paired words. Reversed cards are always more interesting
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December 20, 2016 at 9:17 pm
As I discovered . . . and thanks.
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December 20, 2016 at 10:42 am
Great job combining two wordles! I like that you have written this in first person and the way you have written it, the style really fits the mood
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December 20, 2016 at 5:17 pm
Thanks, I tried to channel my past — oops, that was a Freudian slip?
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December 21, 2016 at 12:11 pm
The past gives us a lot of fuel for our writing
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December 21, 2016 at 12:24 pm
She shyly and slyly smiles.
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December 20, 2016 at 9:21 am
Sometimes you just wait for friendly cards to turn
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December 20, 2016 at 5:19 pm
Exactly so.
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