How do you remove every trace? he thought, carrying another box of her junk to the truck and dumping it in.
When they had gotten married, the preacher made a big deal of using the word cleave. He said that married people cleaved to each other, that if they broke apart it was like ripping a piece of wood that had been glued: it wouldn’t split along the original line, but would take some of the wood from the other piece with it.
The preacher even held up a couple chunks of wood to demonstrate, right there in the ceremony.
An interesting take on a word that has two diametrically opposed meanings. Well done.
Dear J Hardy,
Stunning metaphor. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
I am in awe!
I loved the play on words and the exploration of the metaphor
Very clever.
Hardy,
Good stuff here–a slice out of real life.
All my best,
MG
Clever, there is always a trail, always something left behind.
Really creepy undertones here. Good job with insinuative shadowing.
Great take. Separations like that always cut deep.
What a fascinating take on the prompt. Clever writing.