A blazing flash of light and I thought; I’ve been here before!
It was an important day; for my husband. A record 56-game hitting streak. It looked different then.
I was wearing a dress made famous by a film clip, over a subway tunnel.
Stunning white material, over long pale legs, blowing around me!
He cried hard at my funeral. They all did, my mother, the crowds. I can remember it, like it was yesterday.
He wasn’t there. The politician.
Funeral? Husbands? The memory is clear as glass. But it doesn’t make sense.
I’m only a boy, aged 10. This is my local playground.
Friday fictioneers is a weekly challenge set by Rochelle Wisoff Fields to write a 100-word story in response to a photo prompt. You can find other stories here.
Thanks for that gee up! Praise is a pleasure.
Maybe I’m lazy? But mostly, I don’t have a writing routine. I work and I read.
Also, I don’t seem to have a friendly relationship with the link frog thing. I always have to search for it, by looking through other people’s pages until I find the frog 🙂 And so, it is only when the people I follow (like you) post their Friday Fiction pieces that I go “Ah, yes. I’d better do that!”
So clearly, not dedicated enough. And aspiring I’ll ever be 🙂
I forgot that Joe DiMaggio was married to a 10-year-old boy.
This is an interesting take on reincarnation. To not only remember one’s past life, but to have it rush back as a 10-year-old would have to be terrifying. It sounds like the makings of schizophrenia.
Hi Neil, thanks for commenting.
Maybe a come-down, but I have thought about Marilyn and reincarnation in the past. She was a woman in pain, for all her success. From afar it would seem that drugs, drink, and perhaps sexual promiscuity were all a part of her life. No judgement. And therefore, I have often wondered – if Marilyn was reborn, would she choose to come back to a much simpler and conservative lifestyle? Because reincarnation is supposed to be about working on issues in preparation for attaining enlightenment (as I understand things). And she’d need to do some work in this life, wouldn’t she?
Being a boy could be a step in that healing.
RANDOM THOUGHTS by Trish 
Thank you🙂
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Wow.. wonderful story
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I love this, Trish. A very novel idea indeed.
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Thank you!
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A ghost? Memory of a past life? This has me asking questions! Great piece.
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Reincarnation Laurie.
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Hi Trish,
When I read this I wondered why you don’t post more often; I thought it was very good.
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Thanks for that gee up! Praise is a pleasure.
Maybe I’m lazy? But mostly, I don’t have a writing routine. I work and I read.
Also, I don’t seem to have a friendly relationship with the link frog thing. I always have to search for it, by looking through other people’s pages until I find the frog 🙂 And so, it is only when the people I follow (like you) post their Friday Fiction pieces that I go “Ah, yes. I’d better do that!”
So clearly, not dedicated enough. And aspiring I’ll ever be 🙂
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What a very interesting idea for a tv show! Great story Trish
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Intriguing!
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Huh. Sexy actress, 10-year-old boy. I wonder how long it took her to be comfortable as a him 🙂
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An excellent take on the prompt. What a surprise ending!
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Surprised me too 🙂
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Ha! 🙂
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Now that is a mind-bender!
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I forgot that Joe DiMaggio was married to a 10-year-old boy.
This is an interesting take on reincarnation. To not only remember one’s past life, but to have it rush back as a 10-year-old would have to be terrifying. It sounds like the makings of schizophrenia.
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It would be terrifying! And I hadn’t thought that far ahead re the schizophrenia. Thanks for commenting!
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She came back as a 10-year old boy? What a come-down
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Hi Neil, thanks for commenting.
Maybe a come-down, but I have thought about Marilyn and reincarnation in the past. She was a woman in pain, for all her success. From afar it would seem that drugs, drink, and perhaps sexual promiscuity were all a part of her life. No judgement. And therefore, I have often wondered – if Marilyn was reborn, would she choose to come back to a much simpler and conservative lifestyle? Because reincarnation is supposed to be about working on issues in preparation for attaining enlightenment (as I understand things). And she’d need to do some work in this life, wouldn’t she?
Being a boy could be a step in that healing.
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