10 August 2011

Magpie Tales 77: Ignorance Can Get You Hurt

Image courtesy of Tess at Magpie Tales
If only Johnny Park had been paying attention,
that sultry summer evening, to the look on her face
he wouldn't have forced the issue, sealing a fate
of twenty-seven years later, when Imelda May
had decided she'd had enough, too much,
and Johnny wouldn't have found out the hard way
Imelda had been watching carefully,
when she took off the safety, and paid him back

14 comments:

  1. I'm not finding this an easy prompt to use, but you have found an excellent way in and done it full justice.

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  2. Man...can she hold a grudge.

    Hot as a pistol, IG

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  3. Nice story, Irish! You thinking of working it up into something longer?

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  4. Wow! Revenge is a dish served ice-cold! :-)

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  5. I love the fact that you came up with an amazing story from a picture.

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  6. Well-written "Goodbye Earl" verse-tale.

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  7. so did she get preggers or something? somebody help me get this one

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  8. Some blokes just never click on, do they....? What a tolerant lady!......Nice take, Gumbo!

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  9. Wow ... he must have really done something horrific to warrant that! Nice work...

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  10. Great job on the prompt pic! Imagination or experience?

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"Let your laws come undone
Don't suffer your crimes
Let the love in your heart take control..."


-'The Hair Song', by Black Mountain

Tell me what is in your heart...