STORY STARTER
Submitted by Tangerine!
'...and that was the moment that I realized it wasn’t ever the plan for me to make it out alive.'
Write a story which opens or finishes with this line.
Canned
(satirical piece)
I sat down next to this girl
She was quite a pretty lass
But when I gave her a little twirl
I almost made her fall, so I had to grab her ass
So she wouldn’t fall on her face
She got back up and angrily looked at me
Saying I should be sprayed and hit with a mace
She continued shouting, then kicked my knee
I remembered her leaving
Walking away
But before she left, still raging
She had one more thing to say
“I am so going to write about this
To everyone I know, every friend
On my social media accounts, Chris!
You don’t know it, but you’ll be at your end!”
She left completely
I stood there
Very awkwardly
Confused and struggling to know if I should care
The next day rolls around
As I am at home sleeping
But I suddenly get up, not feeling great or down
Look what’s on my phone, what’s popping
I see a lot of comments from lots of people
“Go kill yourself, you sexist monster!”
“You objectify women. You should feel awful!”
“I don’t know you, I hate what you did to her!”
“You did that? You’re worse than Hitler
“You’re worse than a dozen sexual predators!”
“And I should know since I am one, sir!”
“You sickeningly filthy pervert! One of you sick monsters!”
“That’s not even the right way to do that!”
“To grab a woman’s ass!”
“The right way, I did it with a girl once, is getting out a nice bat-“
I quickly decided to put my phone down, let time pass
I lied down on my bed
Trying to get some rest
Resting my tired head
Going back to my dream, a dream of an awesome gest
Until my window completely shatters, shards going everywhere
Because of some thrown rocks with notes on them
Thrown by those who would dare
To throw rocks at my house, causing mayhem
I got out of bed instantly
Went up to my window
So I could really see
everyone, even those I could know
I saw millions of people
Holding torches, knives, shotguns,
It looked real awful
Even some of my friends were in the crowd, along with other ones
All yelling out different things randomly
“You need to go to Hell!”
“You’re being so toxic to our community!”
“I mean, look at what you’ve done! It’s clearly not swell!”
“There is a big murder spree in Kentucky.”
“But this is much more serious than that!”
“I’m using my time well, as I can see.”
“See you getting what you deserve, you hateful, heartless brat!”
As I looked down at everything, every bit
I knew that I was NOT going to thrive
And that was the moment that I realized it
Wasn’t ever the plan today for me to make it out alive