A stiff neck.
by cricketjeff on July 11, 2008. © Jeff Green, All rights reserved
Her neck ached
for weeks
the first doctor
said rest
a week later
another doctor
called the ambulance
and a third doctor
cried
and said
two weeks
maybe a month.
It was three weeks.
Author notes
Prompt
“My life has been full of terrible misfortunes,
most of which never happened.”
by
Michel de Montaigne
Now, tell me something that did.
Her name was Linda it was about 30 years ago at University, she wasn’t really a
girlfriend, just a friend.
English