Rupert had always taken things too literally.
Now she would be stuck with the same leak around the toilet bowl when the boys flush a bit too long; with the same creaky closet door that slithers nightmares in her dreams when Mat-The-Cat decides to make a bed of laundered linen; and with the crooked shelf in the pantry that requires a perfected fold of cardboard to ensure the flour box does not slide off.
It never was the outside scenery she needed changing.
She watched one half roll by and realized she did not care to wait for the other.
For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Photo prompt © Ted Strutz
Na'ama Yehuda 
Great first line
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🙂 thanks, Neil.
I wonder if Rupert would think this means that the second line was awful … 😀
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Funny and poignant at the same time – well done!
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Thank you, Iain! 🙂 This was a very muse-inducing photo! 🙂
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I imagine the move is only going to exacerbate those problems. Maybe it will knock something loose in Rupert, and he won’t be so dense.
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Ha! Loosen up something in Rupert might be a good side effect! 😀
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I have to agree, killer first line.
And this does not bode well. At all.
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Thank you, my friend! Yeah, I think there’s a lot more … um … moving out … in their future …
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Uh huh… He can keep the house 😉
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the squeaky leaky spooky half … 😉
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Buahahaha!
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😀
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as I read your poem
I found a Rupert in me
each day as I bid farewell
I come to see
face to face
imprinted object
evoking traces, images
to past networks
daily grace my move
so I speak your words to Rupert
(in me)
who says thank you
for your wise advice
to not divide
my self-move
better to take all of me
a whole lot better
than half
🙂
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Thank you, George! How fun! Great comment-poem! 🙂
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A man who takes things so literally should not have any problem when she decides to tell him to get lost. I loved the ending.
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um … he might … get LOST … 😉
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Oh, you silly man Rupert!
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Very silly. The least he could do is fix the leaky pipes and slanted shelves before the move … 😉
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Come on Rupert, get it together!
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Ah, it may be a bit too late for that. Then again, fixed plumbing can go a long way … 😉
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Na’ama Y’karah,
You had me at line one…of course. 😉 I hope Rupert takes it literally when she says “Wave your little hand and whisper ‘so long, dearie’. You ain’t gonna see me anymore…”
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Ah, glad that line grabbed. 😉
And … I’m not holding my breath re: Rupert …
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Yes I think Rupert’s gone too far. Good story!
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Yeah, I agree … he’s taken this too far … literally … 😉
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That first line is a killer. 🙂 I’ll never understand why people move a house.
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🙂 Glad you liked it … and … I don’t quite understand the literal moving of houses, either … 🙂
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Yep, I can see that all too well. My bro-in-law and his wife bought a premade house that was brought to their land this way. I don’t know… but I’ve never felt like their house was a “home”. One half always seems to be a little off from the other. That, I can just envision what will happen in the first big wind… they live in tornado alley, Ohio.
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Well then … if the big wind comes they better put little handles on each side and tie them together … 😉 But, in seriousness, I hear ya. I’m not sure that prefabricated homes are a problem in of themselves, but I think that there is more likelihood of it not fitting to the particular spot it is delivered to … Rather than being built on site. Then again, perhaps like any other thing, it is a matter of quality, location, and a good bit of luck …
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Na’ama,
I’m with Neil on this one: that is one fantastic first line! The kind that launches you right into a great story. Well done.
∼🕊Dora
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Yay! Thank you, Dora! I’m happy that what resonated in my brain, successfully reverberates outside of my brain … It is not always the case … 😉
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And it shouldn’t be! Keeps life (and writing) more interesting, I say. 🤗
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Truth, that! 🙂 THANKS! Na’ama
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❤️🕊
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Great first line, and great last line, and an excellent story between them. Kudos!
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Sandwich story!!! 😉 Good bread, good filling. YAY 😉
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Good writing! I enjoyed your story. 🙂
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Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed and thank you for the feedback! 🙂
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i think he should watch out. it looks like she’s about to reach the tipping point.
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Yep … I agree … 😉
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I’m hoping Rupert gets lost somewhere along the road. The list of things that annoy her had me grinding my teeth too. No, Rupert’s time is up. Great story.
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Ha! Thank you for the grinding-teeth reaction! 🙂 Best kind of feedback comment! 🙂 And … yep, I think he’s time was long halved and has run out …
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Rupert has a disease. It’s called “Do it lateritis,” and afflicts people who can live with things just the way they are and never really see it.
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LOL! Sounds about right! Now, I’m fine with living with things that don’t bother me, but I draw the line in keeping things creaky if they bother others who have to live with them, too … 🙂
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