Monday, June 10, 2019

the truth






i am not here to tell you exactly what went on that night, but i am here to tell you the truth.  at least as much of  truth as i can tell and that's all the truth i know.   well it started to rain in the south with a sky  warm and still going blue-black fast.    the wind picked up in that dust bowl kind of way that blew through the calm like an open window on a Oklahoma Sunday,  then there was the lightening to the tree about a mile away that fluttered the screen-door having Sarah’s cat running to the barn as if pursued by Frank Jefferey's German Shepard Buggerbad.  when far away an interrupted cry showed the face of a girl that spoke to God… everything stopped and a rainbow covered the earth she just laughed and smiled right at me….



bkmackenzie 2019
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14 comments:

  1. I LOVE this... the image, the voice. You are a natural at this. Well done.

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    1. thank you Margaret i love the unsophisticated voice...bkm

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  2. I love the juxtaposition of hint and vivid detail in your piece, Barbara, such as the ‘sky warm and still going blue-black fast’ and the wind blowing ‘through the calm like an open window on a Oklahoma Sunday’. The movement of the cat is an excellent touch – and then the rainbow.

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    1. thank you Kim...this was a fun write looking for to the next Prosery...bkm

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  3. Love your detailed explanation, putting me right there with you. There is a mystery with your piece, the face of a girl that spoke to God.

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    1. you are right Grace...life is a full fledged mystery...bkm

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  4. I like how redemption came through a smiling girl, bringing a rainbow.

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    1. we never know now redemption will come...thank you...bkm

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  5. Love the photo and the imagery of your prosery :)

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  6. This is just perfect... the somewhat mysterious yet so vivid with details. So perfect in place and time, and with enough left unsaid for the reader to fill in.

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    1. thank you very much Bjorn..nothing like a good mystery...bkm

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  7. A wonderfully strange but positive enigmatic tale Babara. Loved it!

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    1. thank you Rob..always good to hear from you...bkm

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