Posts Tagged ‘Nail’
Oct
Priorities
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
Lillith’s earliest memory is of her nail poking at her father’s love handle. As if her finger was able to inject happiness, and heal the month-to-month worries that emerged as dollar signs in his eyes, just around his pupils.
In high school, Lillith filled out a career questionnaire while watching her mother dust her two-thousand-square-foot ball and chain. What did she want to be? She simply wrote: free.
On her thirtieth birthday, Lillith’s parents pulled up to her one-hundred-and-forty-four-square-foot tiny home. As Lillith washed the sand off her feet, her mother whispered to her father, “When’s she gonna grow up?”
From Guest Contributor Susan Shiney
Susan is a writer, painter, and teacher originally from Southern California. She is now living in Lille, France.
Apr
The Last Nail
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
Tat. Tat. Tat.
The tapping came in quick bursts. The blows were neither sharp nor strident, but in the absence of all other sound, they echoed in the silence.
Tat. Tat. Tat.
The carpenter was deft. Each nail hammered with economy of effort. If they were not perfectly straight, no human eye could discern a slant.
Tat. Tat. Tat.
As someone who prided himself on the careful attention to detail, it would have been a joy to watch such a master artisan at work.
Tat. Tat. Tat.
But I was too overwhelmed with dread. Which nail would be the last?