WRITING OBSTACLE
Inhabit. Exhibit. Lament.
In a story of no more than 10 lines, use these three words in any order. Try not to randomly throw them in, but think about a storyline that allows you to link them all naturally.
Demented Dissociated
Lamenting the death of my partner, now 5 years alone.
Over this time I’ve come to pick up their old habits and routines.
Sitting crisscrossed in their dining chair as they always have.
Saying farewell to the sun as it sets in the evening as they always have.
I exhibit their facial expressions.
I project their tone.
Wearing their clothes, reading their favorite stories. I’ve inhabited their scent, their thoughts.
They’re not gone, for I am them.