Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt “Tire”

~ John W. Howell

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Stream of Consciousness Saturday time again. This week’s prompt is “Tire.” Linda Hill has authorized the use to be a prefix, suffix or part of a word. Wahoo the use is up to us. If you would like to participate, go to Linda’s site. http://lindaghill.com/2016/02/12/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-feb-1316/  Here is my contribution.

“Tire” by John W. Howell ©2016

“Retire? What the hell for?”

“Now come on. We’ve talked about this. It’s time.”

“Time for what? Time to lay my burden down you sayin’?”

“Yeah I’m saying. Time for you to check out. To take it easy. To give up your position.”

“What you’re sayin’ sounds illegal boss.”

“For heaven’s sake. I’m just worried about you is all. You’re gonna drop over dead on this job, and I think you ought to take some time for yourself.”

“I never planned on retirement. I wouldn’t know what to do with myself.”

“You could do some fishing.”

“I’d rather die than go out on a boat.”

“How about woodworking?”

“No tools and besides I’m sure I would take off a finger.”

“How about painting?”

“Allergic to paint.”

“Sculpture?”

“Hammer and chisel? Oh yeah, I see broken bones now.”

“What do you like to do on your days off?”

“I read and drink beer.”

“So you can read and drink beer then.”

“I can only do that for a couple of hours.”

“But you like to read right?”

“I sure do.”

“Why don’t you become a writer?”

“I guess I couldn’t hurt myself with a pen right?”

“There you go. I think we have found the perfect thing for you to do. Now, how about it. Time to retire?”

“Nope.”

“Nope? Why not?”

“I don’t know how to write.”

“Oh please. You don’t have to know how to write. You just write.”

“You think?”

“Sure. There are millions of writers.”

“Man. I can see it now. From tire store manager to writer. I’ll bet I sell a million.”

 

41 thoughts on “Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt “Tire””

  12. It is always interesting to learn what people did before they became best selling authors! Never heard of one going from tire store to writing but one never can predict! Perhaps there are some stories in there somewhere!

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