Simply Six Minutes

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“You know Egbert, you should have put those goggles on earlier. Now your hair is never going back to your curly black, you’re going to look like Bozo the rest of your life!”

“Such a small price to pay Egor, because now I have the cure! Who cares if your hair changes when you are disease free?”

“Uh, Egbert, it’s not just your hair, buddy, it’s, well, look down…”

Egbert looked down, taking off the goggles to see more clearly, and gasped. “You say these changes are permanent?”

“Well you might check the Big and Tall store to see if they have something to cover those feet.”

Egbert fainted and the beaker of cure went down the drain. “Good riddance” Egor murmured.

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Clunkers

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I like old cars, even the junkers

Plain old donuts – coffee dunkers

I had a sweetie, when I was younger

Left her when another swung her

And she left me, but he stung her

Their short love just went under

Life almost over at this juncture

My shortened times, see a new bunker

Hope the afterlife’s not a clunker.

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Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Clunkers

Friday Fictioneers

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“Interesting, isn’t it?” The museum curator asked a board member of the Hallcraft Museum. The Hallcraft was known for its dive into the extraordinary, unusual, often incredible items to display. It was popular because of that, and membership and attendance soared after every new item was displayed. “See how it seems like an endless curl, never able to see where it begins or ends? I must warn you, however, do not get too close or stare too long. It has an almost hypnotic effect. I must add that I think I saw it moving by itself. The visitor stepped away.

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30 August 2024