Twisted Prompts for Sicko Writers (27)
+ Write a poem that draws language directly from all the song titles from a death metal music album. (Here’s a list of some at the Cannibal Corpse fan site).
+ Craft a story around a doctor, dentist, or other health worker who secretly uses one of the job’s instruments for his or her own unhealthy pleasure. (Here’s a list of health care jobs from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics)
+ Describe a mass hallucination in a surreal and dreamy manner, using first person plural (”we”). (Here’s some historical inspiration from the Skeptical Inquirer).
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Posted by Michael Arnzen | September 9th, 2008
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Comment from Rich Ristow
Posted: October 29, 2008, 11:34 pm
Giving mass delusion the old college try, but I’m doubting it meets the full parameters of the article.
All the best,
-Rich
The Angels of Mons, and Other Observations
We all watched the winged figures. We stumbled away
from the front, weary, half-deaf, and dragging
our bullet-ridden dead behind us, we absolutely knew
they’d come. Waving swords, screaming in tongues,
cleaving through the ranks of Kaiser’s tired troops.
And yet not one German screamed, groaned,
or grunted. In the end, we couldn’t continue
watching. Medieval long bowman appeared,
encouraged by a saber wielding St. George. Still,
not a shrill sound from the Germans. We walked
onwards, through the Belgian field and pasture.
And then the angels cut through the smoke again,
blood spattered across feathered white wings.
And though relief spread through our troop,
not one of us dared raise a rifle and rejoice –
these are things our dead would never know.
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