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SHAPESHIFTING 13 #107

 challenge is to write a story or poem in exactly 13 words inspired by/using the following image:








                                                 “boat on land 01” by malicia-stock via Deviantart


       Pablo's skeleton in watery grave.

             His boat's decaying ribs

               rest in sandy gravel.

                                         

inherit

our challenge is to write a story or poem in exactly 39 words inspired by/using the following word:

“Inherit”

Definition:
v.
–  receive (money, property, or a title) as an heir at the death of the previous holder

I have inherited 

                        my blue eyes from my father,

                      black hair from my mother.

   my lips sing melodious strains.

        the strokes of my brush,
      
       aroma of strawberry crush

      are all cultivated by me.

     my kids will inherit 

     their own-self.

                                 

Wheels of fortune.

Opportunity,  he cadge

Dame Luck smiled.

Roulette hits jackpot.

           Hurray.

Wife squeezes alimony.

The battle of Haldighati

Rana Pratap's coruscant bravery slashed every

 head that came in his way on the battlefield.  But the sheer force of the Mughal enemy reduced his belligerent mood and his small troop.

Sensing the situation, Chetak galloped , leaving the centre-stage.

Fatigued , he died in harness.

Rana built a memorial of his faithful Chetak.

Presenting a slice of Indian history, read more about
Chetak .

House hunting woes

                                                           Purple wall by dancsec

After sniffing the odour of the paint, my nose cringed at the colour of the walls.

Even the lampshade was painted with the same brush.

"The apartment rent is rock-bottom er Miss........."

"Miss Purple . Do i have a choice?"

envy

"Grass is greener on the other side".

As Doubting Thomas stepped on the green carpet, the monster swamp  

engulfed him into the abyss of negative emotion.

                                               

Plundering pirates

Unkempt beard , ambitious bodies

plundered gold .

The canvas sails drowned , resting in deep

sea.

Half century later,  divers recovered

antique loot and skeletons with gold teeth.

                  

Earth: A global village.

The Grammar Ghoul Press has provided the writers with a the following two prompts


Shoe 

A covering for the foot, typically made of leather, having a sturdy sole and not reaching above the ankle.

The hall wore a desolate look with the sparkling floor devoid of any stains or footmarks with only the ply-wood chairs and tables filling up the space. The furniture waited silently without a creak. Another ten minutes and the tables will be turned. Aha.

The bell screeched, heralding the end of what the students detested the most.  The bell was more a signal to usher in the much needed commotion.

The squeak of a shoe segued into the shimmering silence and the footfalls later seemed like waves lashing the shore on a full moon night.

 The chairs were pulled behind and bottoms spread in ample. The chattering and laughter spread as the fragrance of the musk.

This is how a college cafeteria should be. The manager beamed with pride. The kitchen fires hissed and the cash registers jingling.

Food plates made their appearance on the long tables and hungry stomachs satiated. But there was more food on the table than the need demanded.

"Think of the children in the other part of the globe where the little bellies sleep rumbling", the manager sermon-ed.

"Will the excess food wasted here make a difference in another corner of the world?” more of a rhetoric than a question and David, the first semester student rolled his eyes. His classmates chuckled. 

The manager shook his head in desperation and walked away towards his table and the T.V. screen behind him came alive.

The necks inadvertently turned in the direction of the voice.

“The threat of melting glaciers , global warming and many other factors loom large on the Kiribati islands which are most likely to be submerged into the sea by the rising 'King Tides' as they are called."

And scenes of picturesque Pacific atoll were panned. All eyes stared at the impending disaster. 

Closer home, the grub on the plate, uneaten, stared back at the solemn eyes and the adolescent brains had learned a new chapter.

                                                   

word count : 323

Morning walk

The grass beneath her bare feet sent acupressure points activating with every

step.

Filtered sunlight soaked her skin.

She stepped out of the framed scenic painting hung 

on the wall into her apartment.

Sipping her tea, she guards her secret, the potion to 

her eternal youth.

Her morning ritual sacrosanct.

         Imaginative, almost.

                                                    

Detective

The Grammar Ghoul Press has asked writers this week, in exactly 39 words, to write a story
or poem using

 Trenchant:

1 : keen, sharp

Trace:

a path, trail, or road made by the passage of animals, people; also : footprint

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The downpour had washed away clues that ordinary mortals

could perceive.

But Nature has a way of preserving the inevitable,

a trace.

Feluda's trenchant pupils scanned the wet ground. 

Confession spouted from gardener's limp.

Buried weapon unearthed the murderer.

                                            


Note :  Know more about Feluda HERE

extraordinary vision

                 

The cop caught him staring at the blank wall.

“There’s an old woman with broken teeth trapped

 inside”.

His clairvoyant eyes could see beyond the walls.

                                        

Alert cop

Being branded a fart by his superiors, he was desperate to prove otherwise.

The innocuous object looked out of place in a children's park.

He picked it and flung it. 

The thermometer exploded, reflecting a fire-ball on lake surface.

                                     

twin trouble

Two pods in a pea.

Un-wedded mother.

Twin boys.

Anomaly.

A Black and a White.

The father gave child-support only for one.

Other father is absconding.