Signs, A Dyslexic’s Guide
‘It must be a sign, Logan.’
‘It’s a cloud, Morgan.’
‘No, but it’s like an Arrow and that means love, so she…’
‘Love?’
‘Love’s Winged Arrow. Eros.’
‘More like a straw and you’re clutching it.’
‘Ha bloody ha. My mum saw a cloud like a face once and next day she found she was pregnant.’
‘She had to be pregnant already.’
‘True. And she said it looked like a frog.’
‘Are all your family into signs?’
‘Gran’s not. She thought she was going to a book singing. Very disappointed when she just got a scrawl and Cliff Richard’s autobiography.’
This was written in response to Carrot Ranch’s latest prompt
February 7, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes a sign. It can be a posted sign, a universal sign, a wonder. Go where the prompt leads.
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About TanGental
My name is Geoff Le Pard. Once I was a lawyer; now I am a writer. I've published several books: a four book series following Harry Spittle as he grows from hapless student to hapless partner in a London law firm; four others in different genres; a book of poetry; four anthologies of short fiction; and a memoir of my mother. I have several more in the pipeline.
I have been blogging regularly since 2014, on topic as diverse as: poetry based on famous poems; memories from my life; my garden; my dog; a whole variety of short fiction; my attempts at baking and food; travel and the consequent disasters; theatre, film and book reviews; and the occasional thought piece. Mostly it is whatever takes my fancy.
I avoid politics, mostly, and religion, always. I don't mean to upset anyone but if I do, well, sorry and I suggest you go elsewhere.
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This one’s really funny!
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Thanks Phil…
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Made me giggle again!
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Nice laugh.
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Excellent. Thanks John.
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😊
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My mother claims that if you dream of a death it means someone in the family is pregnant…. I prefer the face in the clouds!
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Oh that’s morbid. Mind you there were a few people I’d like to dream were pregnant…
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Poor Gran. Wonder what a proper book signing would have been like for her! These two are nuts, in a fun way.
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They are my yin and yang i fear
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I know who Cliff Richard is just enough to imagine that his autobiography has a lot to be desired! Nice, funny ending.
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Thanks HRR… those initials would make you royal over here…
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Haha, how so? His Royal Roundness?
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Perfect!
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LOL 🙂
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