Taking Back Our Freedom! A Saturday Centus

Happy Saturday fellow lunatics and writer folk! It’s time once again to squeeze out some creative juices (remembering to lay down some newspaper first and being careful to avoid bruising) and dish up another 100-word helping of weirdness for the Saturday Centus, a themed writing meme hosted by Jenny Matlock at her blog, Jenny Matlock ...off on my tangent....

Every Saturday she posts a "prompt," a phrase that must be used in the essays of each contributor. Each story must contain the prompt as written and be a total of 100 words or less, not including the prompt words. Failure to comply with the rules is punishable by being the subject of the following weeks prompt in a very unflattering and humiliating fashion.

Okay, not really, but it does sound like that would be fun to try.

After posting their stories, the writers link up with Jenny's Saturday Centus meme post so that we can all share our treatment on the prompt and subject ourselves to carpal tunnel syndrome by leaving tons of comments on each other’s blogs. Then we head to the liquor cabinet and all drink a toast to Jenny Matlock. And then another, and then another, and then a few more…eventually the police are called. 

But I digress.

I encourage you all to step outside your comfort zone and give this a try if you haven’t yet. It’s actually a fun exercise in concise, tight writing and you will be amazed at what you can do in the space of only 100 words!

Many writers take their little stories and use them as building blocks for larger projects. Maybe “Twilight” started this way. Who knows? The point is, stop on by, read the other submissions from our talented bunch and give us your take on the prompt! Its fun, plus it may even help reduce wrinkles, burn calories and improve your love life as well.

Okay, so there’s no scientific evidence that this is true. It sounds reasonable though.

No literary babies were seriously harmed in the writing of this essay, although I doubt they will be playing piano at any point in the future. A small sacrifice, I say, in order to bring you yet another collection of words strung together in sentences decorated with punctuation marks. These are also known by us writers as “that stuff we type that people read…oh yeah, a story.” (Sorry, I just channeled my inner Dubya.)

The guest writer for this week’s prompt is the lovely and talented Sami of the blog, Sami by the Sea! Thanks Sami for a very creative prompt! Now if I can just get the sand out of my keyboard…

Here is this week's prompt:

"Are you sure that's the one you want?"


I felt a little lump in my throat as I peered down at my choice, held tightly in my hand. I didn't think this would be so nerve-wracking. Was I making the wrong decision? I couldn't agonize over this any longer.


I took a deep breath before managing to say, "... Yes, it is."


Here is my submission for this week. It is entitled:

Taking Back Our Freedom!

America is bleeding.

A crumbling economy. Widespread poverty and unemployment. Violent crime running amok.

All because we turned our backs on right-thinking, freedom-loving, gun-toting Americans like Sarah Palin.

We won’t make that mistake again.

Our own federal government, with its illegitimate, subversive leader, is gradually chipping away at our freedoms so you don’t notice our silent descent into slavery.  Gun control?  Ha!

But they won’t control me. Not anymore.

The weight of the Berretta PX4 9mm semi-automatic pistol felt good. I nodded to the clerk.

"Are you sure that's the one you want?"

I felt a little lump in my throat as I peered down at my choice, held tightly in my hand. I didn't think this would be so nerve-wracking. Was I making the wrong decision? I couldn't agonize over this any longer.


I took a deep breath before managing to say, "... Yes, it is."

Let’s just see who tries to steal my parking spot now.

Yes, I'm disturbed, but not THAT disturbed!