Drabble: BME

~ Billy Mann

The beginning was easy. Eight words from a Talking Heads song: “Two fools in love. So beautiful and strong.” It happened like that sometimes. Open your window and a story flies in.

The middle was harder. Who were the fools? Romeo and Juliette? Dolce and Gabbana? What kind of love did they share? What made them strong? He churned through the five Ws (Who, What, Where When, Why) to put flesh on the bones of his story.

Then he spotted a problem. The original eight words from Talking Heads had no ending. He’d have to write one: “Shit! Fuckit! Notagain!“

Published by Billy Mann

I'm originally from Liverpool and worked as a national magazine journalist for more than 30 years before suffering a stroke at age 53. I started blogging as part of a neuro-rehabilitation programme and wrote the very first entries with one finger of my disabled left hand. Later, art became another therapy for me at Headway East London's Submit To Love studios. I blog regularly and volunteer as a teaching assistant, coaching schoolchildren in aspects of journalism.

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