Slithering Sal stares up at heavy circus canvas, and swears she’ll kill that fucking dwarf for dragging her in from the wet. She wanted to succumb to the elements out there, where everything is not what it is here, in her miserable paralyzing lizard-girl life where for 50 cents you too can sneak a peek.
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Intriguing 55 Brenda..!
Little sad too.. done very nicely.. 🙂
Weekend hugs xox
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Brenda, I would love to see you expand on this character. Well done.
Pamela
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If I do I’ll bring her back here again. :0)
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What a drag – literally! Nice, kooky 55!
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This sounds like a great excerpt from a much longer tale. No pun intended, Lizard Girl.
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Then you should continue. This is beautifully structured with not a wasted word. And what a great piece of characterization and use of tone. I love it. Made me laugh. I knew just how she felt, somehow.
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I’m glad it made you laugh, Margo. Me too. She’s a quirky odd thing, but in my mind’s eye most folks are. 🙂
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Sad and a little scary. Nicely done.
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Thank you Tilly. Light-hearted doesn’t always come easy. LOL
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I just LOVE Circus 55’s!!
And you are so sweet for answering the invitation!
You nailed this prompt PERFECTLY.
I hope you had fun.
Thanks for playing, Join us agin next Friday, And please have a Kick Ass Week-End
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Thanks G-man. It was fun, the story is dark, but lizard girl had something to say. 🙂
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errr…lizard girl? intriguing…ha. being a side show had to be an interesting job…to say the least…
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Well written tale – make you realize how sad it is that people paid fifty cents to peer into the world of another
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Thank you. It is sad..I pulled the story from a poem I was working on that just wasn’t going anywhere to tweak into this 55.
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Excellent story! Wild, I love it.
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Thank you Rachel, thanks for your visit.
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