Flattened

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PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot

It was odd walking down the empty streets.  The playground, usually a place of laughter, was silent.

The damned virus was keeping everyone indoors.  I had to get out, stretch my legs, have some fresh air.

I cop car pulled up.

“Return to your dwelling immediately,” a voice boomed from the speaker on the car.

Suppressing the urge to flip the car off, I nodded and said, “I am.”

Flatten the curve, flatten the curve.  Right.

Covid took a million Americans and tens of millions around the world.

This new yet unnamed disease has taken that many in a month.

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word count = 100

Friday Fictioneers is hosted by  Rochelle Wisoff-Fields.  This week’s prompt is here and uses a photo by @ Roger Bultot . If you want to join or see other stories, go to the inlinkz linkup.

60 thoughts on “Flattened”

    1. trentpmcd Post author

      There is always something out there and the next one is always waiting in the wings, though hopefully it will be another hundred years before the next one strikes… Thanks.

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  7. Bill

    Interesting take on the prompt.
    Also, better to not flip off the cop, even though I can relate to that emotion. “I’m walking alone outside in the rain. It’s safer than being at home.”
    Well done, Trent.

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    1. trentpmcd Post author

      I hope that if it ever happens again (it will some day) that we will have learned a lesson, but I will not hold my breath… (Well, I may have to, to avoid that nasty new virus ;) ).

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    1. trentpmcd Post author

      It is an interesting photo. Half of the fun of these photo challenges is going around and seeing what people pick out from them.
      I’ll be by in a few to look.
      Since I am not doing the weekly compilation post it probably doesn’t matter, but in case someone wants to go through and check out all of the smiles for the week, it might be best to put the link on the Smile Post for the week.

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        1. trentpmcd Post author

          Not a problem. I usually do at least three blog posts a week, and sometimes 5 or 6. The smile post is always titled “The Weekly Smile for (date)” and has the weekly smile logo at the top. I try posting it on Monday, though you can link to it any time. I think you typically hit the correct post, but maybe a third of the time you get one of the other posts.

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            1. trentpmcd Post author

              There are weeks I only get two out and even only one, but I try hard for three. Last week was a week that I posted quite a few – I think 5 over all, and when I returned from Scotland I had a couple of weeks with 7 or 8 posts! Not often….

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    1. trentpmcd Post author

      I started this think I’d write about how great life will be in 2022, but then it took a different path… It is amazing what has happened in the last two years.
      Thanks.

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        1. trentpmcd Post author

          It is not a good fit for everyone. I am glad it works out so well with me (I work with nobody at my office, all of me coworkers are many hundreds, or even thousands, of miles away, so why waste desk space?)

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