178. Jury Duty: Write a short story or poem that takes place in a courtroom.
Pulses, underneath my finger tips
Chair wooden tap tap tap
Beat beat beat said the heart
I will beat beat beat out of your arms
Silence, stretched tight
Straining, thin, see-through over them
I can feel the light shivering
Eyes in sockets quivering
Stay still, don't move, the verdict is coming
The whispers of doubt
Creep creep hiss I am
The verdict the verdict THE VERDICT --!
"I pronounce the defendant--"

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Short StoryEach day of the year in 2016, I will be attempting to write a short story, using a prompt. It'll be wild and hard and who knows? I might even turn out some good stuff. Maybe you'll even want to do this too. (Dedications go to followers.) This is par...