Friday Fictioneers – Say What You See

~ Neil MacDonald
PHOTO PROMPT © Lisa Fox

He waited. Of course, I knew the answer he wanted to the question, but I wasn’t  going to offer the satisfaction.

“Eyes,” I said.

“What?”

“All of them have eyes.”

HIs sigh gave me huge pleasure. With a mouth drawn into a tight line, he said, “That’s just a trick of the light.”

The lips, or lack thereof, were the thing you noticed first about him. Mother had always said to never trust a man without lips.

“So, what I see is an illusion, but what you see is real?” I knew this would drive him crazy.

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Friday fictioneers is a weekly challenge set by Rochelle Wisoff Fields to write a 100-word story in response to a photo prompt. You can find other stories here

28 thoughts on “Friday Fictioneers – Say What You See”

  4. Neil, I read the story twice, once fast and once slow. I experienced something similar yesterday while reading my granddaughter a counting book about turtles. She kept counting one less than were there. Finally I said, “are you playing a joke on gramma?” She got a twinkle in her eye and said, “yes.” At the end of the book all of the animals were gathered to point at and name. I pointed at a deer and said, “chicken.” She looked at me and I said, “Now gramma’s playing a joke on you.” This delighted her 🙂

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  8. Hehehe! This is hilarious and maddening and a perfect commentary on so many aspects of life… And I absolutely love this quote: “The lips, or lack thereof, were the thing you noticed first about him. Mother had always said to never trust a man without lips.”

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