Bad Gnome Rising

Bad Gnome Rising

A Story by Jon Roggie

They keep dragging me back.
No consideration of debts paid.
All I want is my quiet.

Makes me want to fly away.

Gasping breath grows closer.

Stone smile spreads.
  
Least he gets some exercise.

Hear a cough,
 and a spit.

"Take that with you."

I enjoy being still.

Just to be honest,
  I tend to be lazy.

It takes effort.

"Why are you hear?"

While he drones away,
 I will take a moment,
   and explain something.

Just because I look like a sculpture on the side of a cathedral,
 does not mean I ignore the world around me.

Tortoise and I play backgammon on occasion.

"I don't know what happened...."

Nope.
  Forget it.
    Enough is enough.


Moving.

Found a nice little spot.

Even made a Buckingham guard flinch.

© 2020 Jon Roggie


My Review

Would you like to review this Story?
Login | Register




Reviews

Sounds to me Jon, that there is far more to the common garden gnome than meets the eye.
I've got the lazy bit down to a T, but keeping track of them all must be a nightmare.

Posted 4 Years Ago


Jon Roggie

4 Years Ago

One is bad enough.
Rascally gnomes. I wonder why toy story never had one?
So much potential for mischief.

Posted 4 Years Ago


Papaya

4 Years Ago

They'd probably just treat him like an object.
Jon Roggie

4 Years Ago

Now, I am picturing a press conference, and how they are trying to ignore him.
Papaya

4 Years Ago

I would name him Clay and his ideas would be concrete.
They are not to be trusted, are they?
Hanging about the gardens ... hidden in the shrubbery ... smiling like idiots.

What's a gnome to do?

I like the laughing going on in the background.

Posted 4 Years Ago


Jon Roggie

4 Years Ago

Someone, somewhere, needs a laugh.
Doesn't matter the day,
or the season.
I .. read more

Share This
Email
Facebook
Twitter
Request Read Request
Add to Library My Library
Subscribe Subscribe


Stats

83 Views
3 Reviews
Rating
Added on May 22, 2020
Last Updated on May 22, 2020

Author

Jon Roggie
Jon Roggie

Porterville, CA



About
I tend to ramble, and rarely explain myself. Take that as you will more..

Writing

Related Writing

People who liked this story also liked..


Mindset Mindset

A Poem by WittyWonka