The exercise:
Today's topic is: the disappearance.
Mine:
It's getting late, where did they go?
The young children, with the Play-Doh?
They must be here, please don't say no!
What were they wearing, do you know?
Maybe they're watching their new show,
The one about the girl's blue bow.
No, no! I have searched high and low.
But wait! There, a little hand, oh!
Why must they play in the sand so?
He sat at the long table, unsure of his place. They were all familiar faces; yet, somehow changed by the passing moments of unspoken words -as though silence had solidified the space between them. He smiled pleasantly and ate his beans politely.
ReplyDeleteThey were all very interesting, intelligent, humourous, kind -the stuff of friends. And they were all indeed very friendly, and they were all very nice acquaintances.
He stood up from the table as the laughter rolled -waves pushing against his back and quickening his pace as he washed out the back door.
That was wonderfully... unsettling.
ReplyDeleteI was going to write 'creepy' but it didn't quite express the right sentiment. I think 'unsettling' does the trick though.