He sat there frozen
A painful reminder
Of days gone by
When mankind
Was allowed to read
And relax, and dream
A time before the ban
That constant reminder
Of the punishment
For being caught reading
Was to be turned to stone
In response to Patrick Jennings’ Pic and a Word Challenge #128: Frozen and the Weekly Photo Challenge: Out of This World
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March 2, 2018 at 4:29 pm
A great imaginative response you cast to the prompt, as I’m secretly reading your piece, wishing not be punished !!
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March 2, 2018 at 4:41 pm
Love this
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March 2, 2018 at 4:52 pm
Very nice!
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March 2, 2018 at 5:17 pm
Ha! I hadn’t thought of that spin… Thank you Ivor!
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March 2, 2018 at 5:17 pm
Thank you Feathered!
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March 2, 2018 at 5:18 pm
Thank you M. B.!
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March 2, 2018 at 6:01 pm
Oh dear, I hope that never happens 🙂
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March 2, 2018 at 7:13 pm
Oh me too…
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March 3, 2018 at 1:41 am
<smile< micropoetry flash fiction. =) Love it!
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April 16, 2018 at 10:28 pm
Ohh, indeed. Excellent!
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April 16, 2018 at 10:43 pm
Thank you Manja!
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