Pseudo-Poetry

Elle looked younger than her thirty-something, so when she registered on Tinder it didn’t take long for the creeps to start swiping her.

She realized in the way they told her about themselves that they took her for a minor.

She sighed and had almost removed her profile when a face from her past popped up:

Adrian, her English teacher. She had a crush on him in seventh grade, before he showed his real face.

Still a pedo-creep; he didn’t even recognize her, but still used the same words he had used to “seduce” her at fourteen, quoting sleazy pseudo-poetry..

All her failed relationships, and every effort to find romance had been quashed because of what he did to her.

“Death is quite romantic”, she mused, booking a date with shadows from her past.

Tomorrow, not even his headstone would ever darken her days.

Today I host Prosery at dVerse where we write prose that has to include a line from a poem. My choice was to use the line

“To her, death is quite romantic”

From Bob Dylan’s Desolation Row.

October 10, 2022

14 responses to “Pseudo-Poetry”

What backstory for this prose. That date is going to be unforgettable.

Ah revenge….for herself and the protection of future young girls. Good use of the prompt line!

Time to pay the piper, Uncle Pervy. And not a minute too soon.

–Shay

This is powerful writing, Bjorn! The line by Bob Dylan fits in here so effectively!

Comeuppance time! Great stuff BR. And thanks for hosting the cool prompt. It made me Dylan crazy!

Very well done, Bjorn. The drama carries all the way to the end. A romantic dinner date with death!

Bjorn, don’t give me any ideas! Tindr would too easy!

Wow! This a dish Karma will serve with glacial delight. Every word of this held my attention. Bravo!

Revenge for wrong done. Chilling

The evil comes out in this one. The last line is so mischievous. What good fun, this one. Thanks for hosting.

I know very little about Tindr and will keep it that way, especially after reading your story, Björn! What a way to get revenge, though! I’m glad I haven’t encountered any sleazy pseudo-poetry. I love the phrase ‘booking a date with shadows from her past’.