Tuesday – A Little Personal – Kreative Kue #344 by Keith Channing

~ John W. Howell

In Keith’s words.

“Using this photo (below) as inspiration, write a short story, flash fiction, scene, poem; anything, really; even just a caption for the photograph. Either put it (or a link to it) in a comment or email it to me at keithchanning@gmail.com before 6pm on Sunday (if you aren’t sure what the time is where I live, this link will tell you). If you post it on your own blog or site, a link to this page would be appreciated, but please do also mention it in a comment here.

Go on. You know you want to. Let your creativity and imagination soar. I shall display the entries next time.”

The Photo

The Gate by John W. Howell © 2022

“Yes. You rang?”

“H-hurry o-open t-the g-gate.”

“Who is requesting entrance?”

“It’s me you idiot.”

“If I were truly an idiot, I would have no capacity to identify you.”

“Another minute, and I’m going to freeze to death.”

“State the nature of your business.”

“Once inside the house, I’m going to make a cup of tea and then konk you with my heavest pan.”

“Oh my goodness, my love, it’s you. Why didn’t you identify yourself?”

“After 30 years, I didn’t think I had to.”

“I can get that, but your voice was so shaky I couldn’t identify it.”

“Are you going to open the gate or not?”

“Love of my life, I pushed the button. It should have opened.”

“I-it’s n-not o-opening.”

“Give it a push.”

“N-not w-working.”

“Looks like I’ll have to get on my snow gear and come get you.”

“T-that w-would b-be n-nice.”

“One question, though.”

“S-shoot.”

“You still going to konk me?”

“O-of c-course n-not.”

“I’ll be right there.”

“C-can y-you s-still h-hear m-me? Hmmm silence. No, I’m not going to konk you. No, not me. Trust me, though. It will be a long time till this little episode is forgotten.”

“Did you say something, my dear? I was away from the receiver.”

“N-no, n-nothing. Y-you C-coming?”

“On my way, my sweet. On my way.”

 

 

 

64 thoughts on “Tuesday – A Little Personal – Kreative Kue #344 by Keith Channing”

  2. Nice one, John. It’s interesting we should both reference the electrically operated gate which was, of course, the metal one that replaced this cheap old wooden contraption in 2015 – eight years after this photograph was taken.

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  9. LOL! It happens. I have a funny story of mom and dad not letting me into my own apartment when they were visiting. (Well, it’s funny now, not so much at the time.)

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  11. Makes one wonder how she ended up on the other side of the gate with so much snow… Must’ve been a sudden storm! He best move his ace if he doesn’t want to suffer the consequences!

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  12. LOL, I’d trust her words…”a long time”, but then maybe he does and that’s why he’s not rushing to help her. Great story, John.

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  14. Konking will get the blood flowing – in the muscles of the konker. Perhaps pooling in the dermis of the konkee. I hope you don’t earn your Voodoo Ranger the hard way…

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  17. I’ll bet the next trip outside the gate will be his to make — and I’ll bet she’ll take her sweet time about answering his call. Turn about being fair play and all!

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  22. John my Acme touchpad took over this morning. I was replying Centerfield when the touchpad took over. Screens flashed. Trash was one of them. And before I could say huh the trash was empty. I guess it was a freak sunny day lightning strike in centerfield. Fortunately it was just your comment that ended up on the temporarily disabled list. Oops! PS you might be pitching tomorrow if it does not rain…

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