Lurchin' Urchin

 Photo by rigel on Unsplash

Prompts = Curse, Shelf, Plant

Near the edge of the continental shelf, a small unassuming creature had an idea. What if, instead of moving along the seabed, you could fling yourself through the water.

Its first attempts were awkward and drew the laughter of its community. ‘Hey! Lurchin’ Urchin! Swimming’s for fish! Stop goofing off and plant yourself on the ground!’

‘Why should we crawl when instead we could swim! Why accept the curse of our tiny feet when we could jet through the water like eels! Why… ah…ah… ah… choo!!!’

The sneeze shot it backwards three metres.

‘Ooooh — cool’, said his former detractors.

I mentioned another story in the video below. It was “FauxKea”. Here’s the link.

Links to other sites where I publish:

Blogger = https://onehundredwordsbyparz.blogspot.com
Medium = https://medium.com/100-word-or-less-stories
YouTube = https://www.youtube.com/user/parzivalsattva

And a link to where my Lovely Lady Love (who also operates the camera) posts her art: https://www.youtube.com/user/recyclinggoddess

Plant, Consider, Metal

Four long haired, denim clad, combat boot wearing twenty somethings sit in someone’s basement. From the wood paneling, it’s probably a parents’ basement. Maybe a grandparent.

They argue, three against one. But the majority doesn’t rule here. Maybe it’s his basement.

The meeting breaks up from time to time; the four gyrating their hair together to a “song”. It’s clear these four dream of becoming metal gods.

They have the look. Now they need music. Which, frankly, is secondary.

The “bassist” speaks: “Would you at least consider not naming the band after a potted plant?”

“What’s wrong with Atomic Petunias?”