This week’s photo prompt is provided by Jade M. Wong. Thank you Jade!
The rocking chair slowly dips forward and snaps back. Over and over it repeats. Two dead eyes look upon Maple street. A hollow body creaks as chair moves.
“They are coming here…. THEY are coming HERE….” Gerald rouses the stale air about him. “Just let me BE!”
A beeping sound rattles the front of his stone house, shaking the windows. The big box truck lunges at the yard. It’s tires tear into green grass. The engine roars as the curb resists the weight of someone else’s memorabilia collection.
Gerald scoots the chair closer to the window. “Leave me be! It’s my home! Its still my … home!”
Two figures emerge from the truck. Their eyes wonder across the house built like a fortress.
“If it just looked as solid on the inside…” Hank speaks a bit louder than he thinks.
“It just needs some love.” Peggy wraps her arm about his waist.
“Old abandoned houses…..” He smiles briefly “Remember taking all that old stuff out….filling dumpsters.”
“Didn’t we throw out the rocking chair by that window?” She starts to pull away.
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Perhaps the rocking chair is haunted? The hand that rocks the chair…
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Gerald could be the rocking chairs name & a high caned back might have the appearance of a head in the window….😉
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The reign of the ghost will be a long one, I think. Maybe they all can find their own space!
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Do ghosts still have time? I kind of think we fight for space as long as we exist. Maybe they become a mixed family afterall…
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They want to evict poor old Gerald from his home! So sad, unfortunate and cruel!
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They may not have met him yet. Or maybe never will completely
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OOooh, too much attachment is never good, especially if you are a ghost.
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It’s all they have left is their past. You never know how long he has been looking out the window
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I hope these three learn to get on. This is a nicely woven story.
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Thank you for the kind words. You never know about these things.
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The ghost of Gerald is not ready to leave. A sad supernatural story.
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They get crusty & start breaking things if you take their things too. 👻
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