Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention (I barely believe it myself) that in an unexpected reversal of form in the short story competition mentioned above I failed to finish last.

In fact … I somehow squeezed myself into the second round.

The assignment this time was 2000 words Action/Adventure – A launch – An underachiever

If you have nothing better to do ….

The Last Voyage of the Nadine

Of course I am. What’s wrong with being obsessive? It just shows dedication (combined with mental illness) …. and to be compulsive is just to follow one’s instincts. Yes, your honour. Guilty as charged.

Laziness (L is for laziness, but I will Lie about that in a minute) is more difficult to defend. But, in my case, I would argue again, that it is instinctual.

Anyway …. with that in mind ….I might have suggested somewhere else that, with regard to this A to Z thing, I might just focus on the vowels. I have failed to deliver in that respect (L should have been for Liar) and suddenly, as of today, there’s only U to go (I owe U one). But as the second last vowel passed by I leaped upon the Ms Mathews bandwagon again. Maybe I’m obsessed with her ….

O. An obsession

I’m fishing. For her.

She’s not my possession

But I’m wishing she were

A pursuit. Not aggression.

She’s cute. Can’t you see?

But I make no impression

She’s not looking at me

Yet I speak. My confession

I’m weak at the knees

A humble expression

Of love

If you please.

Or maybe it’s for nonsense. Because that’s all I seem capable of typing these days. And there’s lots of it rattling around in my isolated head.

Fandango points out that ‘nothing ventured’ means ‘nothing gained’. I therefore entitle my contribution for today ….

‘Nothing Ventured – My life thus far’

N is for nothing

That’s going on here

There’s nobody near me

My calendar’s clear

I’ve nearly found nowhere

I’ll get there one day

But there’s nothing that’s happening there

Anyway.

A quick post. Just to show that I’m still about. Well …. not really about, anymore. Isolated, in fact. It’s for the good of everyone.

I did some more eavesdropping on Ms Matthews again and borrowed her M.

*

There’s an M in manipulate

Can’t you see?

And that is what I’m doing

The M stands for me

I saw you at the party

You saw me too

So I had no choice

But to manipulate you

I wanted you to like me

I wanted you to see

M stands for motivation

And you motivate me

I can sense your hesitation

I can see you try to hide

But M is just a moment

So spend this moment by my side.

*

Then gee (G) …. looking at it again, I also thought (feared), that …

C is for creepy

I don’t know mean to B

A’s an apology

For U from me