Jimmy Jimmy saw messages in the way them birds would clot together on a wire above our head, say they spelled out messages only he could read and that them messages was all full of death and bad futures for anyone who saw it whether they could read it or no and he wasn’t shy about telling me often as he thought I needed to hear it, point at the birds on them wires and shake his head and tell me that if I could see what he saw I might think twice about ever getting up in the morning.
I don’t know what them birds are saying, but most days I think twice about it too.
I just love the voice in this, and the 100 word sentence
I’m not sure if I envy Jimmy Jimmy for what he sees or if I pity him. Either way, I’m keeping on eye on those birds.
Unfortunately for Jimmy Jimmy, a man gots to do what a man gots to do- get up everyday and earn a livin’. nice take on the prompt.
That was strangely unsettling and beautifully written. Feels like a vignette of a character that you could work into a longer story.
Really great voice! Just a great little rant, genuine and real feeling. Poor Jimmy Jimmy. I sawy messages in the arrangement of the birds too – fascinating 🙂
Jimmy Jimmy switch off the drug, its doing you no good. Like
I like the birds spelling out a message. Original idea.
What a great one sentence story!