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If I stand on tiptoe I think I might be able

  • If I stand on tiptoe I think I might be able to reach it. I'm worried about what might happen after, if course. Once I've pulled it out, will I be able to put it back again?
  • Or worse, will someone see me pull "50 Shades of Grey" from the top shelf here at the library? After all, what would people think if they saw me, an 80-year-old spinster reading
  • and erotic novel? Would they think this 80 year woman still has gas in the tank? You bet. There's snow on the roof, but there's still a fire in the oven. Only thing is, I need big
  • Propane tanks for the heat and that way Grandma will stay warm in winter. This promises to be a cold one. Grandma hates the winter and talks about going to Florida. Buying a house.
  • "Or maybe, a boat." said Grandma turning on all the stove burners to heat the house. Even with that, our breaths were coming out as clouds and Florida seems so far away, but close.
  • The next morning, I couldn't quite remember the time I fell asleep the night before. I awoke in a haze, to the smell of
  • bacon cooking and coffee percolating. Those were two of the best smells in the world to wake up to. Then I remembered that I live alone. Who was cooking? My thoughts were hazy as I
  • struggled from under the covers and stumbled into the kitchen. I blinked the sleep from my eyes and stared at the figure frying bacon on my stove top. "Oh - it's just you."
  • Twas then that the ghost of the bacon pig appeared above the frying pan in a golden cloud. "Them! They did it!" it screamed as it pointed a cloven hoof at us. A bolt of lightening
  • flew down from a poorly-wired ceiling fan and struck both my brother Darryl and my other brother Darrel dead & I bowed down to the bacon pig, took a knee, and never ate meat again!
Started
2013-09-13 18:26:58
Finished
2019-01-10 11:00:43

4 Comments

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    SlimWhitman Jan 12 2019 @ 06:55

    Nice ending, DasaniLife!
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    Wurm Jan 12 2019 @ 13:43

    Thanks, SlimWhitman. I was inspired by the fold passed to me by Woab. Actuality, I think the entire paragraph is quite good...everyone should click on Paragraph and read it that way.
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    PurpleProf Jan 15 2019 @ 20:27

    When reading this, we need to understand the "propane tanks" metaphor and what "going to Florida" could mean. Oh, and "turning on all the stove burners". Whoa. Grandma!
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    smalldots Jan 25 2019 @ 00:15

    Hilarious ending Woab and DasaniLife! The whole story reads very well.

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