My small group of Stafford Challenge writers meets in the evening on the first Monday of every month, and each of us has a copy of Write the Story (Piccadilly Press) for prompts that take us into the random word zone. Does this book recognize my life, or do the stories I find in it echo my life? It’s uncanny sometimes how I feel like the words are swirling in some sort of mystic veil, landing in the poem so….knowingly.
Today’s poem comes from the book Write The Story (Piccadilly, 2020), where a prompt is given with a scenario and words to be used in the writing.
Story: A Character with OCD in the Worst Possible Situation
words: monastery, chalkboard, elephant, coast, turmeric, poppy, defeat, chessboard, inhumane, search
Unmedicated
that twitching eye tips his hand
indicates defeat
his monastery invaded
by enemies
of Chicken Little
furry belly yellow as turmeric
and just as sour ~ for him,
the sky forever falls,
the elephant in the room
following him on his
chessboard moves of inhumanity
like nails on a chalkboard
as he seeks and blames traitors
coasts the world for incriminating evidence
his complex ripe as a poppy
ready to burst wide open
feathering the fields of Oz
with his next unmedicated tantrum
Common Threads 
Mim,
If you meant this to be a riddle, it’s an easy one. I read the turmeric line and thought: I know who that is. đŸ˜‘ Well done, my friend.
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