Watching him through a wet veil, she
thought, He’s perfect. So, the decision to exchange her voice for his
touch wasn’t difficult to make. Not while his tongue warmed her blood.
They
had some good days, better nights.
No,
there was no happily anything. Mouthless girls rarely get an ever after. They
get foam, unless_____________.
Yes, that “unless__________” is an invitation to change the mouthless girl’s
fate. An invitation which you, of course, don’t have to accept. But if you do,
then I would love to read your ending to this retelling in the comments.
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| detail, from “Morning Walk”, a photo by Mario Azzi - on Unsplash |
this interactive retelling (which I’m linking to Poets
United Pantry of Poetry and Prose #7) was inspired by the frothy water in
two of Kerry O’Connor’s paintings
