prompt 10 hour 10
did it take long to find me?
long, smoky car rides to anywhere am radio
reached through the smoke
and bald Prairie
to bring me melodies and
missing pieces I never knew I was missing
yet.
moon shadow and riders on the storm
terrified me
when they crackled through smoky,
electric summer Prairie nights
on trips to Dairy Queen
for dipped cones
with dad
to quell the prickling heat.
I didn’t want to lose my legs
or teeth or hands
to anything,
even if it meant I did’t have to work.
I’d rather be exhausted
than dismembered…
counting pieces of me I never knew were missing,
yet.
© r. l. elke
I love this! So good! This picking only two for the anthology is tough, because this should be in the running too!
My favourite part is below, but it was hard to chose.
moon shadow and riders on the storm
terrified me
when they crackled through smoky,
electric summer Prairie nights
on trips to Dairy Queen
for dipped cones
with dad
to quell the prickling heat.
thank you. it was hilarious – when i saw the title was moonshadow for the music prompt, the terror in my stomach danced like it did when I was little. i described the song to my husband and he had never heard it…couldn’t believe the content. there was so much about this prompt that I couldn’t shake from those warm summer nights…in a good way. once again, thank you for these great prompts.