I knelt on the double yellow lines, the base of a complex pattern the child had chalked on the path.
“That’s an interesting picture you’re drawing.” I smiled fatuously. She raised her head, fixed me with angry eyes.
“You’re blocking the earth,” she said.
“Oops, sorry.” I shifted back a bit, humouring her.
“The current doesn’t like you.”
“Any particular reason?” She might have been only a tot but her attitude was beginning to irritate me.
She shrugged and carried on colouring in the bit in the middle alternate red, orange and yellow squiggles. I moved closer to work out what it was. She glared.
“You’re blocking the earth again.”
I ignored her and pointed. “That’s a very good drawing of flames.”
She cast her disapproving gaze from my face, down my bulky adult body to my trespassing feet.
“The current doesn’t like you. I’m going to turn it on now.”
She took the red chalk, drew a small round circle, and coloured it in vigorously. Satisfied, she pressed it with her right thumb.
The world dissolved in a screaming inferno.

Thank you Sasha…

sachablack87 AT gmail DOT com 😀

I LOVE this. what an odd thought, to pull up the yellow line, I would never have thought it. 😀 I simply adore it. 🙂 my fave flash you have done to date.

Can’t find your email… will I just post it here? Its about a page, too long for a comment really.