Grammar Ghoul Press, Shapeshifting 13, Writing Challenge

The Middle-Aged Huerfano

Posted by The Abject Muse on

 

This week’s prompts for the Shapeshifting 13 writing challenge at Grammar Ghoul Press are the words orphan and inherent. Exactly 39 words.

ΠΡ

Mom died the semester before I was to graduate
from University.

Somehow, she’d persuaded me to walk–so inherently proud of
my accomplishments

Yes, well.

eventually,

my diploma came in the mail.

innocuously,

anonymously,

and befitting

the orphan

i’d become.

--Agnes Varga
–Agnes Varga

4 Comments Add yours

  1. joetwo says:
    August 17, 2016 at 6:19 pm

    Interesting ending. Are you implying a deep sadness on her part? No appreciation of accomplishment?

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    1. The Abject Muse says:
      August 17, 2016 at 6:51 pm

      Thanks for commenting, joetwo. After her other died, nothing seemed to mean much anymore. When suddenly you are nobody’s daughter, everything changes, even the most inconsequential things.

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  2. Danny James says:
    August 17, 2016 at 6:20 pm

    I like the flow of those 39 words.

    DJ

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    1. The Abject Muse says:
      August 17, 2016 at 6:43 pm

      Thanks so much, DJ!

      Like

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