Words for Wednesday is a writing prompt that can be found at
Under the Porchlight
This week's words are
necktie, utopian, spinster, plagiarism, automatic, devout
Louise adjusted her necktie in the
reflection hanging on the ladies' room wall.
It was her silent, sardonic statement on the hand life had dealt her. In a perfect world mirrors wouldn't exist and the urge to judge people based on their looks wouldn't be automatic, she thought, not for the first time. She was a spinster, cursed with a beauty so rare and daunting that it had driven away all suitors. Her utopian dream evaporated as she returned to her solace, her work. As a researcher for Reeders and Skribes Publishing, it was her task to uncover any possible plagiarism in a work before the company committed it to print.
It was her silent, sardonic statement on the hand life had dealt her. In a perfect world mirrors wouldn't exist and the urge to judge people based on their looks wouldn't be automatic, she thought, not for the first time. She was a spinster, cursed with a beauty so rare and daunting that it had driven away all suitors. Her utopian dream evaporated as she returned to her solace, her work. As a researcher for Reeders and Skribes Publishing, it was her task to uncover any possible plagiarism in a work before the company committed it to print.
It was ironic, she whose life had been marred
by the curse of her very uniqueness, had become a devout protector of
the value of singularity.
This may be the best Wednesdays Words I have read yet.
ReplyDeleteMy goodness. Thank you Delores.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had taken your writing class instead of the one I really took at Community College.
ReplyDeleteThis is good! I like the name Reeders and Skribes.
ReplyDeleteI feel a little sad for Louise though, she has a lonely life.