I have a confession to make...

topic posted Wed, July 26, 2006 - 12:23 PM by  Cake
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Writer's Digest offers a frequent Tips and Updates e-mail service that always includes a Writing Prompt, something to get you writing. The latest one went like this:

You've been living a life filled with lies and it's time for
you to come clean. There's one lie in particular that's been
eating at you and you have to make right. Start off your response
with: "I have a confession to make. I never really . . . " and
explain the harm the lie caused and how you intend to rectify it.

I've posted my confession below, though admittedly I don't explain how I intend to rectify it. And I was also admittedly influenced by Jim's latest story. I didn't plan it. It just happened.

Anyone else want to confess?
posted by:
Cake
SF Bay Area
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  • Re: I have a confession to make...

    Wed, July 26, 2006 - 12:25 PM
    I have a confession to make. I never really had any children. Little Billy and Emma and Ray Ray and Jessica and Norman and Dillon and Lulubelle and Naomi and Stephen and Manuel...they were all subcontracted.

    I know. It’s hard to believe that I’m not really their father, but the truth is, I’m not really a man, either. I’m a merman. I don’t have a penis. I’m not able to reproduce. So I felt inferior among all of you and bought all of these children, these hellions, these human creatures who have made my life a living hell and put me so deep into debt that I can’t afford to go out for sushi anymore.

    And another confession. Derek Junior? He’s not at boarding school. He got a little too uppity one day when I was really pissed off and fighting back my interspecies carnivorous urges and I just had to eat that boy. Tasted a little bland. Next kid, I think I’ll make sure to add more garlic.

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