Madison Woods, on her blog, challenges writers to come up with 100 word responses to a photo prompt each week in Friday Fictioneers. Here is mine for this week. I would love any constructive criticism or general reactions to this piece, as usual. Cheers, Laura
The Buzzard
Roger said, “C’mon, Susie. They’re beautiful, how they soar up there with so little
effort. See how they go around in
spirals to rise up so high?”
“I know, but they eat carrion. Not birds of pleasure for me. Never can see them without a shiver. If one of us dies out here, they’ll get
us, right?”
“In the Australian outback, people put dead bodies on a
platform, giving them to the buzzards to eat. It’s not wrong, it’s part of the whole schema…”
I got up and left.
I’ll just go for a run and let him sit under the tower.
