Vicariously Virally and Virtual Vengence

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Crime Speculative Suspense

Dodged a bullet.

For now.

The tinder, mingles, hook up and cupid-ers are on the verge of crashing and in some cases burning (our eyes, ears, noses and mouths and most importantly our hands.)


Better find your mate ASAP.

Or yesterday, the day before…..


Rather soon, once again, only the well endowed will be the ones going anywhere.


Worst case scenario may find you reaching out to the “frenemy of all frenemies……


(I think the relative term is kissing cousins😕.)


Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Relatively speaking, of course.


If you feel the “crick” in your neck becoming tighter and tighter it may not be your imagination at all. Perhaps it may be because you have not yet finely tuned the lenses in the back of your head.


Options:

Deal with it.

Live with it.

Etcetera, Etcetera.

He gets around.

She gets around.

Etcetera, Etcetera.

Unable to look up.

Unable to look down.

Etcetera, Etcetera.

Unable to look left.

Unable to look right.

Etcetera, Etcetera.

Front shots.

Back shots.

All shots.


The complete and total loss of all things periphery.


What to do. What to do.


Instant gratification time? Immediately grab the contraption of all contraptions for the soft porn shots and pages to ease the pain. The latest trends in underwear at your fingertips, ease the pain if only for a couple days for a couple secs.


Plan A. Escape.


Plan B. Handle with reality?!


Plan C. Punt.


Plan D. Deny. Deny. Deny.


Plan E. Spy some more.


Plan F. Reminder to the naive: close to everyone and everything is tracked nowadays🙂.


Plan G. Handle reality, move on.


How glorious it will be to handle reality with ease.


Plan H. Down another.


Plan I. Screw another.


Plan J. Ignore the costs.


Plan K. Bake some cookies.


Plan L. Eat more cookies.


Plan M. Make appointment for next injection.


Plan N. Another set of crunches.


Plan O. Know your place.


Plan P. No sour grapes.


Plan Q. Change the angles of your smile. Hot not look so “off”


Plan R. Stretch the joints more and more.


Plan S. Stop it.


Plan T. Start it.


Plan U. Find the app.


Plan V. Delete the app.


Plan W. Wanting.


Plan X. Change the name.


Plan Y. “Y” Not?


Z. The end of the road.


How glorious it will be to handle reality with ease.


Connections come in the darndest of ways.

Unique.

Distinct.


Intrusive images similar to that of the bikini Barbie babes of the soft porn underwear images. a “quick fix”.. But by then the fix is or may have been in. And if that is the attention span we are looking for,


Jump on in.


Construction takes time.

Construction takes you time.

Construction takes your time.


Individuals and learners do not acquire knowledge and understanding by passively perceiving it within a direct process of knowledge transmission. They construct new understandings and knowledge through experience and social discourse and integrating new information with what they already know (prior knowledge).(wk)


The rich get richer and the poor get poorer?


Not exactly.

Yet.


Sometimes.

We have to go through it to get to the end of it.

God help us all.

May the best man win.


It’ll show the fighting styles….

Of our friends.

Our enemies.

Our frenemis.

Elbows aside.

Fists in front.

Barbed words spewing all over the place.


The barbs are the ones that leave the sting and lasting mark.

No “evidence” to speak of except gibberish by the recipient.


Sometimes.

A never ending story.

Written.

Re-written.


Hands on.

Hands off.

Clap on.

Clap off.


Interference. Can negatively affect satisfaction.

I can’t get no satisfaction. Burned out. The stigmatization has had a polarization of the humanness of the implementation.


Born this way.

Empathy can be learned.

But. It cannot be faked.

Disingenuousness generally burns itself out.


Vengence is not a good option. Retaliation either. Punitively relating the wrongdoing to the pocket book is a rather moot point.


It bites.


The hand that feeds it.Even the smartest of doggos know this tactic will not work. Doggos are infinitely loyal to the hand that feeds him or her.


The virtual vengence battle is on the horizon. Maybe it is ever here. Already. And yes. Two can play at that game. Provided one does not fall prey to the media trap (ac).


The trap to click bait the latest clickbait and see who is in the back seat with who, or whom. (I forgot my grammar lessons because they don’t matter anymore)


While madly clicking and tracking, tracking and clicking. Or now. Scrolling and rolling. At least scrolling SOUNDS like school, elementary knowledgeable material kind a stuff. Like I really am studying the info on my device.


When what I am really doing, with my head down, is accessing the latest secrets of Victoria. To get across the pond in a raft or boat bigger than a canoe. 😂. Forget about the larger bodies of water😅. Unless I perfect my back stroke.


Because a stroke is what indeed is vibrating my senses. Of all the madness.


Sometimes every cell in the body becomes enraged and no cousin or frenemy will be there to pick up the ole’ pieces.


Best to pray for the mental fortitude to withstand the heated moments.


How glorious it will be to handle reality with ease.


Until then.

Trust your booky.

Or.

Trust your booky.

Or.

Trust your bookey.

Or.

Trust your bookee.


Cop a mouse?

Cop a feel?


Things in the world are moving at the speed of light pace.


That used to be the beauty of a good book.

Took its time.

Takes your time.


To learn how to stop and smell the roses before getting stuck by the thorn of jealousy and virtual vengeance. Texting, kissing cousins, frenemies.


The lines have become terribly blurred.


Blast it off and the intent is now “on record”.

Don’t blast it off and you may be late to the party.


There is a lot to be said for going it solo. With your deeply held beliefs close to the vest. Close to your own chest. if you can handle what comes and flies across the screen of the hand held devices,


Kudos to you!


Here’s a tip:


I heard there is a sale on Hanes and Froot of the Loom at your local department store! Provided you can transport yourself to and fro, enjoy the ride!! Enjoy the experience. In the big box stores I understand the underwear models don’t say a word! (ac)


🤐🦵🏻🦵🏻


How glorious it will be to handle reality with ease.









July 25, 2023 14:23

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