I was talking with my writing partner via IM and he spit out three lines that I remarked was a complete story.
You cannot change the future!
It is already set in...oh look a penny.
*gets hit by bus*
His response was "for a real challenge, haiku three line story". So we did. Here are my two.
Power flickers on.
Then an explosion happens.
Everybody dies.
Cars speed round the track.
One man makes a daring pass.
Takes the checkered flag.
And his two.
The man does not know
his father is still alive,
and always watching.
The ninja strikes fast.
Throwing shuriken at me.
Shotgun beats ninja.
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Heh. Haiku traditionally includes some reference to changing seasons, with common markers being frogs (and spawn), blossom, and rain. The last line is usually counter to the first two. So my rewrites:
ReplyDeleteThinking to myself
"future is predetermined",
oh look! A frog! *splat*
Power flickers on
triggering an explosion.
Only the frog lives.
...or, Like cherry blossoms.
Cars speed round the track.
One man makes a daring pass.
Takes the checkered frog.