Her bucket list. Each crossed out entry brought a smile, a memory savoured, cherished. Following Gurdjieff’s footprints. Lounging in Hemingway’s Keys. Watching the cosmos evolve from Cerro Tololo.
She glanced at the next adventure, the next thrill: Harvey Deadwater. She imagined an extended cruise on a small boat, perhaps to Fiji or Bali. Sea tang, sound of water lapping against her fingers. Clink of glasses, Harvey’s handsome rugged 1950s Hollywood star sort of face gazing up at her, his muscular arms reaching for her. Bioluminescent sea undulating under a a brilliant starscape – horizon an unmarred deepest blue line between the two. Finding just absolutely perfect place to roll his body over board. She imagined herself, tanned and lithe, waving a last farewell to Harvey. “He’d be dead in the water for sure,” she laughed.
Turned on her computer, familiar thrill of the chase engulfing her body. Thank god for the internet and excellent research skills. Without them, how could she possibility make sure that everyone on her list hit the bucket?
© Lorraine
Compiled for mlmm writing prompt April 9: lists
April 11, 2017 at 8:03 pm
Nicely twisted. I like the ending with a big splash.
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April 11, 2017 at 10:21 pm
And who said a bucket list wasn’t to die for?
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April 11, 2017 at 10:24 pm
Exactly. No one said who kicks the bucket gets the list
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April 11, 2017 at 9:05 am
What a smashing closing line – absolutely stunning ending! You did a great job with this story, this prompt!
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April 11, 2017 at 11:25 am
Thanks.
The ending sorta wrote the beginning on this one. Figured a bucket list could go both ways.
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April 11, 2017 at 12:12 pm
absolutely! and sometimes the story begins with the end :)
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April 11, 2017 at 1:37 pm
Now if life worked that way.
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April 11, 2017 at 5:15 pm
interesting thought that ….
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April 9, 2017 at 2:24 pm
Wow, I love the way you weaved the story. it feels so innocent till the very end. Great job on the prompt!
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April 9, 2017 at 7:48 pm
Thanks.
I was thinking bucket list — then up jumped the ending, so I wrote it backwards.
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