Freewrite: glasses
"Four-eyes!"
I look around. I can't see who yelled that. I guess they must be yelling at me. It's pretty quiet, in the square, so I guess they must be yelling at me. Nobody else wears glasses around here.
"Glasses!"
There, up on the window. That guy with the baseball cap and he's holding a piece of scrunched up paper or something. What does he want?
Eh. It doesn't matter. Let's just try to ignore it. I have to get home, anyway.
I keep walking through the square. Trying not to look behind. He knows my legs are shaking. I'm sure he can tell. I'm sure he can see the sweaty mark on the back of my shirt, the sweat running down my neck.
"Hey! I'm talking to you, bum!"
What do I do? Should I run? He's all the way upstairs, but if I run, he can probably outrun me. And he might have friends.
What about this shop here. I will head into this bookshop and wait it out.
"Ha! Book shop tosser! Go read somewhere else!"
Let's see what they have on anti-intellectualism in here.
This is a five-minute freewrite based on the prompt glasses.
Well this brings back some unpleasant memories. Wearing glasses as an already awkward kids... shudder
Which all in all means this is some good writing! Good post :)
I'm kind of glad it "worked", but I'm sorry for the unpleasant memories. :-)
Nah, it's all part of life. I can just relate very much!
@byn
I say to destroy the motherf***r. I am four eyed since 6 but it's better that you don't enjoy it too much. Is there still people teasing others by saying that? I hope It was over 😉
Apparently quite a few people were lynched for wearing glasses in the heady days of certain revolutions. People associated glasses with the bourgeoisie. So, I guess it's gotten better.
Isn't It lovely the idiocy of tagging someone based on his aspect?
A nice piece of writing. Well done.
Here's today's prompt for you.
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/day-97-5-minute-freewrite-wednesday-prompt-bowl
That poor kid. So many bullies in life.
You certainly brought this one home.