Writing Prompt

London

Manchester

Bournemouth

Just to name a few

Tea

Biscuits

Fish and chips

Just to name a few

Rain

Cold

Clouds

Just to name a few

Big Ben

Stone henge

Buckingham palace

Just to name a few...

There is a soccer team from Manchester

Which play in lots of crappy polyester

Once they played New England

With a failed bicycle kick and

How we mocked them as if we were a jester...

Walking down the streets of London

Singing a ditty to myself

The sky is grey

The people walk by

Ignoring me

and I ignore them

Pet the ears of a stray cat

Wondering if I can smuggle

Him home in my suitcase

Do British cats meow

With an accent?...

Papers, cups, and wrappers fly

as the next tube approaches.

People stand, adults holding

their kids hand.

Two beaming lights and then a blur

of red, white, and bkue.

Some remain sitting, while others

stand, ready to get off.

The doors slide open as people leave

and others scramble on,

not wanting to get separated.

When they close, it sits.

One second.

Two seconds.

And it's off.

Until the next o...

I came to London to make a change to my life. To leave everything that had been taunting my thoughts in the past. Yet somehow I jumped back into the life I so desperately wanted to leave. I found myself surrounded by people like the ones I had ran from. I wanted to change and I thought London would be the place too but, now I see how wrong I was......

I’m not from Manchester

It’s not where I’m from

I’m from Scotland that’s where i belong

I love Scotland and i always will

If you come to Scotland you sure will get your fill

But that’s not what’s this is about

I like Manchester that there’s no doubt

All i know about Manchester is the football

Or soccer or whatever it is you call

But i think Scotland is the best

And i think that should be express...

Is so hard to let go

Why is that?

Because you really the first person that I open up

Saw me at my worst

Watched me grow

Could really be my true self with

Would smile even if I did some weird thing

But things change

We weren’t the same people when we first dated

But we still try to work it out

Just like you didn’t notice that you hurt me

You didn’t notice that I didn’t forgot or forgave too

I ...

Tick Tock

That old clock

Towering above

The mighty Thames

Tick tock

That old clock

London Bridge

On a ridge

Towering above

The mighty Thames

London Bridge

On a Ridge

The mighty Thames

Flowing with Gems

A bridge between

London’s City

The mighty Thames

Flowing with Gems...

ONE

I first saw the advert on Craigslist. I was looking for job offers in my area, having had trouble finding a job with good pay that had flexible hours.

What first interested me was the title:

LOOKING FOR WORKERS- DISCRETION NEEDED.

That was it. No information on the job- or at all, really. Hell, even the prostitute positions made it pretty clear what they wanted.

I clicked onto the page.

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