This one was the Minimal Prompt. Trying to give us very little material to work with: we were told we were to describe our morning with one imaginary conflict, using ONLY nouns and verbs. No adjectives, no and's, a's, the's, or anything.
The writing prompt is only supposed to give us about 10 minutes. He gave us about 20. I ran out of stuff to write halfway through.
Awake. Alert. Sniff sniff. Aha: Liberty.
Embark – bed no more. Floor. Carpet. Stagger. Stagger stagger. Ouch! Wall. About turn! Stagger stagger.
‘Morning, Roommate! Asleep? Couch? Odd.
Stagger stagger. Fridge! Food! Food!
…Waffles.
W A F F L E S.
W A F F L E S.
And banana.
‘Morning, toaster! Receive waffles!
Oh, wafting scent! Wafting scent!
Kachink!
W A F F L E S.
‘Morning, syrup! Aha: the mapleness.
Devour. DEVOUR. Devour.
‘Morning clock! Oh dear – 5 minutes. Time-lack! Depart! Shoes – on! Old Spice – on
(Hello, Ladies. Look – man. Back – me. Back – man. BACK – ME).
Open door.
‘Morning, Velociraptor.
Velociraptor.
Shut door.
Closet!
AK-47.
Breathe. Breathe. Pant. Pant. Sweat. Breathe!
AK-47.
Open door.
Velociraptor?
Gone.
Packs. Pack-hunters. Sneaky.
Left – nothing. Right – nothing. Class – Oh no! 3 minutes.
To class?
CEILING!!!
VELOCIRAPTOR!!!
AK-47!!!
Rambo.
Awesomeness.
Minus one velociraptor.
Remove head. Trophy!
Store head. Freezer. ‘Morning, other roommates!
Check watch – 1 minute. Run?
…run?
…run?
WAFFLES
Okay, run.
Run. Run. Run. Class! Run. Oh no! Clothes – velociraptor blood! Cold-blooded. Freezing! Return! Apartment! Return! Run! Pant pant pant BREATHE BREATHE BREATHE. Deposit clothes. Replace clothes. Depart! Trip – dead velociraptor! ‘Morning, ground!
Run. Run. Run. Run. Run. Run. Run. Breathe. Gasp. Run. Breathe. INHALE! Work, alveoli! Work, alveoli! Function, bronchioles! Function! I think I can I think I can! I know I can I know I can! I KNOW I CAN I KNOW I CAN!
Class! Door locked! Check clock!
I thought I could I thought I could (steal from Gary Larson!).
Sit. Sit. Class. Read. Write. Module. Module!!!! Thoughts – not module-thoughts.
Not module thoughts.
Velociraptor thoughts!
… waffle thoughts.
module module module module
Story! Invented! Students inventing? Random! Merlin! Apocalypse! Zombies! Donuts! Submarine! ...velociraptors.
Story – write. Morning? Morning. Morning. Morning – awesomeness. Velociraptors.
W A F F L E S
World
Amnesty
Foundation
For
Long-
Endangered
Species
…like VELOCIRAPTORS
You seem to have an unhealthy fixation on waffles. And it does not surprise me at all to discover that you keep an AK-47 in your closet. Nor that you have used said AK-47. The velociraptor was new.
ReplyDeleteMornings at BYU-I sound dangerously exciting. Rexburg must be more eventful than its quiet small-town demeanor implies.........