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Listen & Write is a spin off Picture it & Write and works almost identically. Eliabeth will post a song and accompanying text. We then invite you to either continue where she leaves off or create your own piece of fiction or poetry based on the music. You might imagine your own version of a music video or write about someone listening to the song; you are only limited by your imagination. Other languages are welcome so long as you add a translation.
I hope you enjoy the second installment of Listen & Write. I will eventually get to where it posts on a set schedule but until then, today’s song is “Jar of Hearts” by Christina Perri. (I promise to include ones without lyrics, but I had to get this off my chest.)
Eliabeth paced back and forth, threatening to wear a hole in her carpet. Steam shot from her ears.
“What are you going to do?” Ermisenda asked, giddy that Eliabeth was livid enough to take action, but upset that AT&T was treating her coauthor this way.
The sharp tap of the keyboard was Eliabeth’s only answer as she posted furiously to Facebook and Twitter. “They can’t treat me this way!” She exploded, her typing become more vigorous and less accurate. “I liked them, I DEFENDED them. When Boy Friend wanted me to switch to Sprint, I loyally stuck by AT&T and this is how they treat me? I am not paying $48 a month when they told me $19.95 at sign up.
“You go girl!” Ermisenda cheered.
The Thank You Economy, the book that inspired Eliabeth’s social media war against AT&T sat on the floor next to her, egging her on.
You broke all your promises. Eliabeth seethed. Now you want me back? You don’t get to get me back!
“Don’t come back for me next year with your deceitful and unethical business practices AT&T,” Eliabeth posted on AT&T’s Facebook wall. “I’m done with you. Don’t come back at all!”
AT&T, who do you think you are?
-Eliabeth Hawthorne
Yes, I’ve had a bit of a one track mind lately as you can tell by what this song inspired. I will go into more detail later. I meant to have the post up detailing my experience with AT&T first, but then there was a fire at my apartment complex and dealing with that kinda took precedence.
I hope you are OK and that nothing happened to you in that fire! Don’t worry about blogging, Eliabeth, your health, safety, and well-being should always take precedence to any blog! I really hope that everything is OK with you now.
Thank you so much. It was across the parking lot from me and I was out of the city at the time. No one was hurt, but my uncle’s apartment and car were servery damaged. Kinda made me want to post this more to vent some frustration. I’m working on the longer description now.
How creative! I love the concept and your piece as well 🙂 Here’s something I’ve come up with on the fly after watching the vid:
Tell me something you haven’t before
How bout tellin the truth
I can’t keep breathin this murky air
I can’t keep going with you
So when will you realize
You’re digging daggers between us
I need a smidgen of confidence
Give me some words I can trust
My first step away and my last word goodbye
Can you see the pain raging in my eyes?
I’ve said it before, but now this time it’s true
Our passion so red has now faded to blue
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it. I like the line “I can’t keep breathin this murky air,” very good visual there. Also love the last line, so poetic. You guys are seriously turning me on to poetry even if I’ll never get into the classics. Thanks so much for your contribution.
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Why are u pushing me,
to the edge?
Why are u holding me,
Trying to caress
all the pain away.
Let me just once more say
Who do you think you are?
Always like your writing Otheus. 🙂 Love the feeling of pushing and pulling at the same time, being driven crazy by what might appear to be a comforting action. Thanks for contributing.
Your piece was really funny, the discriptions made it almost comical (threatening to wear a hole in her carpet, steam shot from her ears), and I had a great mental limage of a livid Eliabeth and a Ermisenda egging her on from the sidelines. I loved it! 😛
Thank you 😀 It was like a cartoon video running through my head as I was writing it.
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I can’t commit myself to another weekly prompt. Two is already one too many for me. But reading through these I realized I had a story inspired not so much by this song but by a dream it was playing in. I might as well share it. Here’s Who Do You Think You Are?
Don’t worry, you can post or not to your heart’s content. The last thing we want is to be a burden to our readers. I’ll read your post as soon as I’m home 🙂
I drowned in my sorrow, in my own pool of sadness. For years I remained in a life-in-death realm. You took my heart, you took my life. And so you were gone.
The love left, then the despair too.
But the hurt and anger never.
And one day I know you will pay for it too.
Who do you think you are? Begone forever!
Before fate catches you.
And leaves you on the street bleeding with hot fever.
(haha the narrative stumbled into poetry)
😀 I liked it. Heartbreak can kill you, both literally and metaphorically. My mom knew someone who was left at the alter. She “faded” for lack of better phrase, didn’t have the sparkle in her efforts at a physical appearance or the personality after that, never tried to be attractive anymore and just kinda faded away. That’s what your piece reminds me of.
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