less scared, she posts again
I've got another... this one for Picture Ten:
“Sweetheart, time for picture!”
My mother. So proud of Rebecca, married today to a wealthy stockbroker. She basks in her eldest’s success, her smug look taking credit for this amicable match.
But I know. I know the stockbroker’s a mailroom clerk with a one-room, and precious Rebecca will be a mother too soon. She confided in me, fearful and teary-eyed. I keep her secret, because she is my sister.
But Mother pokes me to suck it in and smirks “you catch more flies with a honey smile,” and I can’t wait till gossips wipe the smirk off her catty face.
any damned reason on this green green planet why they allow so little time?
Because publishers like to schedule themselves a procrastination window. (I happen to know.)
Because publishers like to schedule themselves a procrastination window.
Heh. Infuriating. I never did that when I worked in publishing, though, damn it. I was scrupulous about giving the authors at least three weeks, and those all had art that had to be checked, too.
scp, I'm with Steph. Terse, perfect and nails it.
Ailleann, this:
Cheeks sunken, unnatural, collapsing without his beautiful soul.
Gorgeous. The idea of soul as blood running, air moving, is as pretty as it is poignant.
Teppy did my favourite kind of photo drabble: a freezeframe. I love those.
And it's interesting that both Amy and Ailleann looked at #10 and saw the mother as someone who needed a bitchslap to get the smirk off her face.
BTW, a question, because my brain is apparently a collander: famous case, early sixties, a Queens neighbourhood, girl stabbed to death repeatedly, screamed for help, no one came out because they didn't want to get involved. The case became a metaphor for uninvolvement.
What in hell was the poor girl's name?
All I could think of was "Not Tawana Bradley!" and then "Oh, well. Other people will know."
Kitty Genovese...you asked me to cut her out of A Model Citizen, remember?
Other girls know rock stars and fashion designers don't they?
Freaky Synchroncity(Not the Police's)
Kitty Genovese was a lesbian, BTW.
I didn't know that...if she hadn't been, do you think her neighbors might've...
(This is why I don't sleep at night, isn't it? Give it a rest, Timmy.)
