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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Saturday Centus: Too Late

Oh that Ms. Jenny! What a taskmaster she is. This week, rather than 100 words to work with, in addition to the prompt, she has only allowed us 15. Normally, I try to write my story in exactly the number of words she dictates but I could not this time. So I added my 15 word allotment prior to the prompt below (in green). 

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Straining to be heard
over cacophony of alarms,
from monitors 
at her bedside,
she whispers:
“Before I die I want to….” 

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Jenny Matlock

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