| Family Flash Fiction posted December 18, 2022 |
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A 100 word story.
Imprisoned
by RodG
A nurse wheeled her over to the huge bay window so she could see her family on the green lawn of The Residence. They sang and waved a sign that said, “Happy One Hundredth, GG!”
She could not hear them, and barely saw the sign. She clutched her rosary.
This woman who’d survived a century was imprisoned by a broken-down body and Covid.
Outside the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren saw a hand clutching the window sill, a rictus they mistook for a smile.
They did not see the tears dribbling down her hollow cheeks.
The Prisoner writing prompt entry
A nurse wheeled her over to the huge bay window so she could see her family on the green lawn of The Residence. They sang and waved a sign that said, “Happy One Hundredth, GG!”
She could not hear them, and barely saw the sign. She clutched her rosary.
This woman who’d survived a century was imprisoned by a broken-down body and Covid.
Outside the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren saw a hand clutching the window sill, a rictus they mistook for a smile.
They did not see the tears dribbling down her hollow cheeks.
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Writing Prompt In 100 words, or less, write a short story--not necessarily a flash-fiction, though it could be--on the theme/subject/topic of 'prisoner'. It could be literal or metaphoric. |
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