Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Hello, Writing

 Let me try this writing prompt by Hillary Lianna Mcbride:


A sound, a sight, a smell, a touch, a taste.


SOUND: Muffled bass booming from a faraway highway loudspeaker, the sound traveling to our location, thanks to the wind.


SIGHT: Klara hunched over the floor, practically lying facedown trying to reach under the low table,  picking up her small, colorful pom pom balls; red, white, green, black, purple, yellow, blue. Rainbow colors scattered, bright and neon, a bright splash over the cold white tiles, trying to be contained in a plastic canister.


SMELL: A whiff of poop! 


TOUCH: The sticky, gooey, eewy texture of slime. Indescribable to me, but perhaps even more so for the toddler, who felt the feeling for the first time! It was incredibly sticky and bothersome to the touch, but at the same time, wet and stretchy, like it didn't know if it wanted to be liquid or solid. It left a film on our hands and Klara couldn't bear it.


TASTE: Salty cheddar cheese, the artificial cheese kind, that sticks to your fingers and your white shirt and leaves red-orange crumb trails everywhere.


That was actually a little fun :)