Challenge
Flash Fiction Friday # 2: Porch Swing
Alrighty kids it’s that time of the week, and as promised I’m rolling it out early. You have one day to write and enter a flash fiction story based on the topic above. Today's topic is "Porch Swing." Now Write your asses off. All styles and genres are welcome, but 500 words Max! I’ll pick the winner this weekend. Please tag me, @ChrisSadhill in the comments. I will read and comment on every piece. Happy Writing!
Origami
The air settles like a chilled evening sigh into the oak swing's seat. Sheltered there just enough to shiver and hesitate a little with the brush of autumn leaves. Yoko Mori is proud of the oiled and matte one she has hanging within the front porch of the house. It must be a Western invention, she thinks. So seldom used.
Is an inspiration raised in the rocking, or do ideas die there, fleeting? --a colander.
She drafts a suburban haiku from the living room window, folding the sheets with crisp lines of shadow:
Perspectives fielded
board and nails, bench and guardrail
a lattice work
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