Sunday, April 15, 2012

My Response To A Writing Prompt

"55 Words"
Subject: A child.
Write 55 words exactly. Poem, paragraph, song, etc.
Optional: Enhance your piece with an illustration, music, photo
Deadline: 4/16/2012


Subterrain

I had no vocabulary, none that mom would understand, to indicate where I was encountering this boy and his boat.  Smart enough, even at four, to issue the phrase "another dimension", but say this to mom?  No.  What came out was, "under the covers."  She said it was a dream.  I needed more from her.

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