Sunday, February 16, 2014

Scene 43, Take 6 - A Magpie Tale

Fire Escape on Universal Studios Lot,
Instagram by Sessepian
Offered by Tess Kincaid for a Magpie Tales writing prompt

Scene 43, Take 6

It's all props and fronts,
the whole thing, though of brickwork
and rusty old steel
fastened strong enough
to hold a guy at full tilt
dodging the Tommys,
the spray of brick chips
while half falling down the stair

(actually a
ship's ladder so called)

toward the final ladder
a few more flights down.

There's a couple false wounds
and some actual
bruises gathered on
the way, and a couple grins
from the best boy's crew.

February 16, 2014 1:08 PM

7 comments:

  1. Very much enjoyed your glimpse into a Hollywood gangster flick. Nice take.

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  2. You sound like you've had some studio experience. Like this!

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  3. loved the way you have described the whole setting... well written

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  4. Ah, but don't they make it look 'real life' ? Clever take on the prompt!

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  5. Good one. It is in a film studio lot, after all.
    http://strummedwords.blogspot.com/2014/02/brown-stone.html

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  6. Wow I could hear those Tommy guns...then the surprise end...nice!

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The chicken crossed the road. That's poultry in motion.


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