Empty Ester lost her head, once a prominent fixture on her shoulders, air lingers there instead. She blamed the loss on her stubborn boss who demanded too much of her vapid thoughts.
“Find me the ‘Nail’ file,” he had said to her. “It’s the one after “O” called ‘Oblivious.’”
She should have known not to ponder the contents of “Oblivious,” the mere thought of which, caused her head to explode.
English: Detonation of explosives. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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I’m participating in Lillie McFerrin’s weekly Five Sentence Fiction challenge. This week’s prompt – Empty.
I’ve also linked up to Silly Sunday, hosted by Rhonda of Laugh-Quotes.
Delightful word play! I think I have encountered some of Ester’s kin in the workplace :-)
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Thank you. I’ve encountered them, too. : )
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Yes, you did have fun with the words on this powst – made it very interesting to read. And when I first started reading it, it almost sounded like a poem, and this popped into my head (with apologies):
Empty Ester skipped semester
Hanging around with the blokes,
And so Empty Ester became a great jester
Not knowing that she was the joke.
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That should be “post” – not powst. Fingers don’t work tonight…
Very nice! : ) And your poem maintains the same cadence and rhyme. Yes, I did have fun with this. I love to play with my words. When I was a child, I used to play with my food. I’ve evolved.
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This was so much fun to read and reminded me of the nick name my hubby used for me once upon a time ‘Bubble head’. An excellent take on the prompt done in a very original way. x
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Bubble head – ROMLAO! My husband used to say, “Earth to Lauren.” Thank you. Glad you enjoyed my take on the prompt.
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Very creative little story!
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Thank you. I had a great time writing it.
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I see poor “Empty Esters” everywhere I go these days — thankful to have a job, but dead inside. I agree with the other commenter who said he’d thought this was going to be a poem. It definitely has a rhythm to it. Fun and clever, Lauren.
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Sadly, I agree. Too many Esters with exploding heads. I really wanted to use the Penske file but couldn’t do it.
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You know, I used to work with Ester and often wondered what happened to her. Now I know. I really loved the cadence to this piece, Lauren. It’s almost musical. Nicely done.
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Thanks Nicky. Poor Ester didn’t see it coming.
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Very nice play on words. Witty!
Thanks Phil. Now, if I could just find my nail file. It’s probably with the Penske file.
Ha! Ok Mr Costanza! Bring me the Penske file!
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Very clever and very witty (sorry, I can’t think of anything original to say, everyone beat me to it! ;)
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Thank you! I love these weekly prompts.
I get the sense of Ester being an airhead [dreamer], being in a world of her own. Delightful FSF
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Thank you. Yes, she’s definitely an airhead but it goes a bit deeper than that. She also has no common sense.
I know her. Yes I do. Okay I know more than one. Very well done.
Have a terrific Silly Sunday. :)
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Thanks. Happy Silly Sunday!
There’s a lot to be said for oblivion, if you ask me. It certainly has its place.
You’re really good at this stuff.
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Thanks June!
I struggled between using oblivion and oblivious. Oblivious won.
I love this Lauren, so much passion in such a short sequence of paragraphs, awesome stuff, just awesome ;)
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Thank you, Karen.
I really appreciate that. : )
Thank you.
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Love the little story. Thanks for linking up. Sorry I am so late in getting here :)
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Thank you! No worries. Shit happens. Happy Silly Sunday!
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You are just too witty for me! Great writing off the cuff!
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Ahh!! This is fantastic :) The word play throughout was perfection!
Thank you so much, Lillie. I absolutely love your weekly prompts.
As usual, you did a GREAT job with the prompt! LOVED IT!
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Thank you!!! Love Five Sentence Fiction. It complements my attention span.
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