Forever With Unopened Eye

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I wiped the dirt from my hands. Well it was done. I just wish it wasn’t so hard on the kids. They loved that cat. I can admit it now, I liked the little fur ball too. I – 

Aww, shoot.  Not again.  

I watch with a mixture of horror and admiration as the freshly packed ground shifts in front of me. First one paw, then another. Then as had happened 7 times prior, out pops a little black fur covered head out of the ground.

Meow!

Blam!

“Dammit Kristi! That’s eight times!” I yelled.

Thunk! I looked at the shovel in my hands now covered in blood. 

The kids and I looked upon the gravestone with its engraving.

I pray to God that she may lie

Forever with unopened eye

“Dad, thanks for letting us bring Snowball. I think she enjoyed the funeral.”

Meow!

Another Prosery Prompt entry from dVerse

What is Prosery? A very short piece of prose or flash fiction that tells a story with a beginning, a middle, and an end. It can be any genre you choose, but it does have a limit of 144 words. Somewhere within your story, you must include given lines without changing word order or adding any words. You may add or change punctuation.

The lines given were from Edgar Allen Poe’s “Sleeper”:
I pray to God that she may lie
Forever with unopened eye

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C. Stuart Lewis creates poems with feeling, intelligence and sex appeal. His short stories and books focus on characters that feel real in real world situations. Originally from the United States he now resides in Ontario, Canada. Check out his webpage at TheAuthorStew.ca

15 thoughts on “Forever With Unopened Eye”

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  6. I smiled when I saw the cat picture, but that quickly took a turn.😂 Is this one of those mind meld things or am I just not interpreting it correctly? I find that I’m left with questions. That makes a good story though.😆

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  7. That was an excellent homage to Poe. Seems I remember one of his stories had a black cat sealed behind a wall, but I could be wrong on the details. Gives a chilling spin to a cat with 9 lives. Also didn’t notice that the two lines rhyme until reading your story.

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    1. There is a Poe story like that. Though I had forgotten about it until I went to look it up. It’s very much like “The Tell Tale Heart”. I did want to do a sort of Poe-ish type story and the lines given sort of drew me to the not quite dead. I’m glad you liked it. 😊

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