It was one of those moments, like in the movies, where one thing leads to a flashback... I was at the milk cooler, at school, getting the milk order for the class: 6 chocolates, 4 whole milks, 3 skim. In my peripheral vision I could see another child coming up alongside of me. "Hello Aran , how are you today?" "Mrs F. I'm not Aran , I'm Nazir ...Don't you know me anymore?" I looked over at Nazir and the hurt in his eyes was like a knife through my heart "Don't you know me anymore?" just echoed through my head "Of course Nazir , I am sorry, I should have looked at little closer." It's true he and Aran shared the same build, the same features but Nazir , Nazir was my former student. My little man, the youngest in the room who had the biggest heart of all. When I was having a bad day all I had to do was hear Nazir's belly laugh and it would just make me forget my troubles. And when he was finally able to master printing...
Ha! Bravo, Ms. Foran! A very smart take on the prompt. Love the twist in the narration. Excellent!
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Haha...really cute! Poor flowers.
ReplyDeleteTremendous juxtaposition, and
ReplyDeletewe are transported slyly from
metal to petal back to metal.
Clever, fun, well done.
Fabulous transitions! Love what you have created in this.
ReplyDeletehaha...yes please dont abuse the flowers in your grief...great title rene
ReplyDeleteOh, Rene. :-) I love the layered stuff.
ReplyDeletePearl
..i love how you coated this piece with such a humour and inventiveness.. much enjoyable read! :D
ReplyDelete~Kelvin
Tough petals to pick off this daisy, though! LOL
ReplyDelete"Go and catch a falling star
ReplyDeleteGet with-child a mandrake root. . ."
And it goes on from there.
Okay, one look at that title, and...well, who is going to clean up this mocha cappuccino I was drinking? ;-)
ReplyDeleteBwaahahahaha. That one was ripe for the plucking!
ReplyDeleteAnother 'Rene Special' .... love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is super. I love it, too.
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Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel
Had to keep rereading this one, very funny.
ReplyDeleteA surprising read. Fun!
ReplyDeleteVery nice.
ReplyDeleteVery clever idea.
ReplyDeleteThis one brought a giggle. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteSympathy for the flora, I love it.
ReplyDeleteA totally different, most enjoyable take. Flowers hurt too!
ReplyDeleteha! love it :))
ReplyDeletesuch helpless flowers,superb sounds and imagery :)
ReplyDeleteRene all i can say is that you are awesome...:-)
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