AMoveableBeast
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I was talking about minimalism earlier, and it made me think of this.
Tell me a short story. Make it incredibly short, no more than a couple paragraphs at most, but make it complete--with a beginning, middle, and end, and make it say something, mean something, even, if you can. Condense.
It's hard, but a lot of fun. I'll try to start.
I knew a butterfly once. He died. At the funeral everyone gathered around and talked about how beautiful he'd been and how he'd brightened the life of anyone he'd ever met. Only one person was sad, the butterfly's mother, who sat in the front row and sobbed uncontrollably. When asked what it was about the butterfly that she missed most, she answered, "The butterfly? Fuck the butterfly. I'm mourning the last twisted memory of my perfect little caterpillar."
Tell me a short story. Make it incredibly short, no more than a couple paragraphs at most, but make it complete--with a beginning, middle, and end, and make it say something, mean something, even, if you can. Condense.
It's hard, but a lot of fun. I'll try to start.
I knew a butterfly once. He died. At the funeral everyone gathered around and talked about how beautiful he'd been and how he'd brightened the life of anyone he'd ever met. Only one person was sad, the butterfly's mother, who sat in the front row and sobbed uncontrollably. When asked what it was about the butterfly that she missed most, she answered, "The butterfly? Fuck the butterfly. I'm mourning the last twisted memory of my perfect little caterpillar."