Time for Three Word Wednesday. The words: break, negative, surface. I had fun with these words =)
Flattened, Burned and Mummified
”What you readin´ ?”
”A photo magazine.”
”What´s with that guy? He looks creepy.”
”It´s a negative. It´s sort of the opposite to an ordinary photo; where the colours would normally be dark…”
”He looks dead.”
”Yeah, I suppose.”
”Lynn thinks everyone becomes flat when they die.”
”Really? Why?”
”She thinks the only way to die is to get run over by a car.”
”Huh?”
”Grandpa said we´d all become stamps, then.”
”What?”
”If we´re gonna be flat. He said we could´ve used Great Grandma as a stamp and put her on a postcard. Would´ve been nice for her, he said, to do some travelling, and she´d have made herself useful as a stamp.”
”He didn´t say that!”
”Did too!”
”Yes, well, he didn´t mean it, obviously. I´ll talk to him.”
”Do you still wanna be burned when you die?”
”Cremated, yes.”
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”Do you find that sad, talking about me dying? Hey, don´t cover your face. Baby, are you crying?”
”No. It´s just… I thought maybe I could have you, you know, when you´re dead. To make you into a mummy. I´ve never actually seen a real mummy.”
”Right! Of course. But no, that´s not possible. One can´t do that. We bury our dead properly.”
”In graveyards, I know. I saw the hole for Great Grandma´s coffin, it was deep.
”Yes, they have to be deep.”
”Why?”
”Well… We don´t want the coffins too close to the surface, I suppose… In case they´d come up again, or something. I dunno…”
”That´d be better for the people digging up skeletons, though, easier for them.”
”Don´t say that. No one takes dead people´s bones. That just doesn´t happen.”
”But maybe wolves would come digging for the bones. They like bones, and they´re strong. I bet they could break the coffins.”
”Right. That´s it. We bury people deep down where no one can touch them. End of discussion.”
”Oh, okay. But… If you´re going to get burned…”
”Yes…”
”Well, can I do it? Over a bonfire?”
”No. But go ask Grandpa, maybe you can burn him. Run along, this Mummy needs a drink.”
Sick and twisted and great writing and I love it.
SvaraRaderaHahaha! You show your humorous side here at last. Oh, but of course, it's still dark. :) And for me, that is, like, the perfect combination.
SvaraRaderaHey, you two!
SvaraRadera"Sick, twisted and dark". I usually write total fiction, but sometimes I use some RL stuff, won´t tell you how much of that kind I worked with today...
Thanks for great compliments =)
What strange little conversations! ;-)
SvaraRaderaOne has to wonder, though, who came up with the idea of mummification. Talk about sick creativity.
I like this little discussion. It sounded/felt so natural. And of course real life can be quite dark (and a bit funny) at times, right. Art imitating life and all that jazz. Kudos.
SvaraRaderabunnygirl: Yes, strange, indeed! And not entirely made up, I´m afraid… Thanks for inspiration goes to my kids, my niece and my dad =)
SvaraRaderaK: I´m so glad this came off as natural to you, that´s what I aimed for! Thanks =)