What Do You Do When Life Goes Sour? - 50 Words
"Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed."
- Albert Einstein -
When life goes sour,
what's a boy to do?
Jarrod is severely disappointed... - Image courtesy of Gerd Altmann
I tried to imagine what I might do,
had my life turned out as bad as that of Jarrod in this story.
The prompt is "journey" for the 50 Word Short Story Contest this week.
Journey along with me, and witness Jarrod's one, final, grand escape.
Disappointment - Image courtesy of Gerd Altmann
Embarking on a New Journey
by Duncan Cary Palmer
Life had disappointed severely.
School?
Retrospectively, socializing propaganda.
His wife?
Samantha pummeled him mercilessly, her anger displaced from childhood abuse.
Their only child?
Ran with a bad crowd, ending up imprisoned for life.
When cancer took Sam at 65, Jarrod sold everything and set out backpacking across the Australian bush.
The Australian Outback - Image courtesy of Clem Onojeghuo
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I often feel like running away.
Love it, @creatr! That’s a fine plan, it seems to me, when life deals blow after blow. Just run away from it all to the outback. (But watch for killer snakes!)
:D
Thanks, Jayna... ;)