April Flash #23
based on prompts by Amygdala:
Chocolate ice cream; the women all were beautiful; short sharp shock
She had chocolate ice cream dripping down her chin, puddling at the base of her neck, dripping onto her off white cotton shirt, pooling like a dirty brown puddle. I wanted to grab her by the scruff of the neck and dip her in a barrel of water to try and make her come clean. No matter how many times I bathed her, it ended up like this. I suppose that for a five year old, it was understandable. I was never meant to be a parent, really probably why I wasnt. I was resigned, however, to being an impromptu babysitter on occasion. Kids gravitated to me like butter to bread, climbing over me like a jungle gym, whether I wanted the attention or not. I saw myself built of iron bars, though, sometimes. Unyielding. A happy playground of accidental coincidence.
The park was full of people this afternoon. Sunny, bright cheerful. Lots of single women with children, glancing at me often out of the corner of their eyes as if they were curious but could sense my unease at the unfamiliar surroundings. It came as a shock to note that the women all were beautiful, in varying degrees. I kept myself in check though, keeping the drool to a minimum, smacking my eyes back into my head and locking my jaw shut.
I felt a short, sharp shock at the back of my neck, causing me to jump, causing the ice cream cone to be fumbled in her clumsy hands and making the scoop of chocolate on top dribble like a rolling boulder down the hill, landing at my feet. I licked at it cautiously before feeling the shock again.
cmere, boy a voice behind me called. I shook my head, random ice cream drops and fur flying before plodding my way back over to my owner, tail wagging and five year old menace in tow
new prompts: onion tears; unwilling orphan; I didnt abandon you I left