Eric Alagan has a weekly micro-fiction challenge on his blog, Written Words Never Die. The prompt is a single word, this week’s word being “Gutter”. I decided to give it a go, and even tried emulating his signature style of presentation.
I’m convinced they do this, by the way. I will give an unspecified reward to anyone obtaining photographic evidence.
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April 5th, 2013 at 9:34 am
Thank you for reposting David – very much appreciate this, Eric
April 5th, 2013 at 11:20 am
That’s a great poem! That is all.
April 5th, 2013 at 4:05 pm
Your imagination is marvelous, David… I can see them now surfing the rapids, ready to leap at the last moment…! 😀
April 5th, 2013 at 11:31 pm
loved the conclusion! my personal experience says so too- the way they head straight for the plate of food, even after being brushed away again and again says they act without much reason like dare devils!
if you read my Thursday story you will know why I say that we are synched!
April 5th, 2013 at 11:52 pm
Have you ever read Empire of the Ants? Those guys are pretty hardcore. Which Thursday story do you mean? I thought I’d read them all, but maybe I missed it. Send me the link so I can make sure? 🙂
April 6th, 2013 at 4:42 pm
in andidreamed, you have read it. 🙂
April 6th, 2013 at 8:29 am
😀