Time for a drabble. Aheila's drabble day prompt this week is train with extra brownie points for a wreck. Here you go!
Train Wreck
The light blinds me through my eyelids. My head is throbbing.
Throbbing to the beat of that song stuck in my head,
that song I danced to with that guy,
that guy with the messy shag of hair,
that hair I wanted to rub my fingers through...
What a party!
I stretch and shuffle to the bathroom.
Mirror, do not show myself to me.
I know my mascara has run
and my lipstick is smeared
and my hair is shooting at opposing angles.
When I emerge, my yawn is interrupted and my eyes pop awake, splattering sleepy crust.
"Woah, babe, you look like a..."
"Don't say it!"
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9 comments:
Ha Ha Ha!
LOL - Great drabble! :)
Your fabulous blog has earned you an award (I'm afraid that you've already been given this one ...!!)
Please pick it up at http://writer-in-transit.co.za/red-carpet-moment/
And I will be back tomorrow to check out your drabble !
Hahaha! That was great!
Haha! Wonderful!
Bravo! and yuech! Popping sleepy dust LOL!
thanks, yall!
remember the good old single days? ha ha ha!
and thanks, mish!
Ah , this was my "pick-me-upper" for the week ! You are a darling !
I love your take on the prompt ! I chose a different angle for my drabble ...
Very funny Tara. I still have mornings where I look like that, but without the party the night before, just falling asleep watching a movie. I love your descriptions...splattering sleepy crust.
Awesome.
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