Saturday, March 6, 2010

Sunday Scribblings (Fluent)

This week's word is Fluent:

A lifetime of study, hard work and understanding was summarily written off by society as shallow, easy and whorish. But unlike the labels, this was not short sightedness. To the contrary, this was an expertise gained by a relentless passion for knowledge. While others forgetfully floated through their formative years, she spent it studying the other side, trying desperately to grasp every gesture, move and spoken word. It started with her father, moved onto her brothers, and continued with the nameless many who relentlessly pursued. With the knowledge gained through years of tireless research came a power. A power the others did not possess, yet resented with ever ounce of their beings. Because of that, they had no choice but to critique, criticize and push upon her a false moral high ground. What they failed to grasp was that she had done what all should do: become fluent in that which allowed her to control and manipulate one half of the world's population, men.

6 comments:

Dee Martin said...

um awesome!! HaHa loved your take on the prompt!

Stan Ski said...

I can just picture the scene - every time she walks down the street.

Linda Jacobs said...

I kept wondering what the heck she could be so fluent in that would make so many hate her! Perfect ending!

Americanising Desi said...

u r very visual with ur words :D

Frantic Fluency

Lilibeth said...

...the other side...ha ha I loved the ending to this one.

http://gildorianne.blogspot.com/2010/03/fluency.html

Nara Malone said...

Loved this.. Such a creative take on the prompt.