!!! GROSSNESS ALERT!!! MORBIDITY ALERT!!! ETC!!!
4. The Numbers
She worked with numbers for forty years. And then she retired.
But the numbers wouldn’t go away. They stayed before her eyes, burnt forever into her retina. They danced before her, orange-red, and she snatched at them, trying to make them disappear. But they wouldn’t.
Finally, she gouged out her eyes. It didn’t help, though.
(55 words, not counting the title)
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This story came to me at two in the morning and it's sort of inspired by something from my life. Oh, and the last bit? My mum's idea. I was just going to shoot her outright, but my mum said that that was rather staid (!).
17 comments:
hmmmmm
jasmine....
is that autobiographical?
nice...
"she gouged out her eyes"
reminded me of kill bill
cheers,
tECHJ
PS: yes, i am a "mallu" and i dont knwo to wear a "mundu", so did not wear it work...
Numbers..hmm..
Yeah it was staid!
But well done:)
wondering if its late....:-P
tECHJ: Autobiographical? He-he. let's just say "inspired" by something that happened to me. The first part of the story, that is.
Phoenix: *GASP*!! Staid? Staid? How much gore do you want, young lady? :)
Joker: Huh? Late?
@just-mean
bechare math hons. wale
This is rather addictive!
.... and you are rather good at this. Always loved your style.
Keep em coming.
:D
RCGM: Bechare indeed. :( But only cuz of the studying, not bcuz I'm going to murder them tomorrow! :)
Shilpa:
Before visiting your blog: Yay, she's back! :D
After visiting your blog: No, she's not! :(
Good stuff, liked the end.
ALL OY YOUR QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERS TO YOUR SINS....ALL OF YOUR ENDINGS ARE WAITING TO BEGIN...YOU GAVE ME A CHALLENGE AND SEPTMEBER IS NOT OVER YET...I TOLD YOU SOMETHIN AND NOW ITS DONE....
AND YoU HAVE WIERD IDEAS ABOUT PEOPLE AND THEIR IPODS..NOW DONT YOU...LATER
Rohit: Thanks. Will tell my mum. :)
scsa:
Let x= what ppl do with their ipods, according to our phone convos.
Well, x! :P
i say the earlier one about the red and blue sweaters was better. this was good, but the ending wasn't sledgeharmmer enough :P
you call this gross???? :O u hve a lot to learn...
Bookworm: Thank you. Didn't think anyone had got that one.
Handa: Well, I'm sure you can teach me! ;)
Niiiiice. But i kinda saw that coming coz of the warning that came with it!
late you know... for an appointment with a shrink *GRIN*:-P
Archster: hm.. mebbe I should remove the warning. Then again, I don't want the mothers of all the 'kids' visiting this blog to scream at me.
Joker: Oh.. thataway.. (Damn, I am slow!)
tooblite...*GRIN*
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