ME: Want to know the fourcast? As in f-o-u-r?
YOU: The forecast? Don’t you mean as in f-o-r-e?
ME: No, the four year fourcast.
YOU: How can meterologists do that?
ME: Well, they can do it now. They watch the gulf-stream pattern, from the Gulf of America and the blow-hard-wind data from Mount McKinley. They even have access to X-rated data.
YOU: So what’s their prediction?
ME: A four year blizzard! Be prepared!
YOU: How?
ME: Just head to a fabric store.
YOU: Do those exist anymore?
ME: Go to the one on Blue Avenue and head to the left side of the store. They have a good supply of outerwear patterns. Get plenty of heavy fabric. Take it to a seamstress and tell her to make of it a parka. For your soul then, wear it outside every day and resist the storm!
Written for dVerse, the virtual pub for poets around the globe. Today is Prosery Monday and Lisa is our pubtender. She provides us with the lines
“Make of it a parka
For your soul.”
from Before you know you owned it by Alice Walker. We are to include these exact words, in this exact order, in a 144 word piece of prose/flash fiction. We are however, allowed to add punctuation or change the punctuation. Image made on Bing Create.
lillian the home poet 
I feel a bit of a whimsical vibe in your poem. Fore stars! Hahaha, Four Stars!
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Good one, Lill! Let’s hope it remains fiction.🥶
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Yes there will be four years that will be hard to handle… I wonder what kind of material the parka should be made of…
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Lillian, I enjoyed your clever and creative spin on the lines. Speaking to Bjorn’s question, the parka should be made of kevlar and rubber, to protect and to bounce the ill-wind’s harm away.
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Kelli, Lill’s thoughts today. Mom
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interesting dialogue
much♡love
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A cunning buildup to the Lines, and a coy parker pic to match.
But this Lazy Lounge Lizard won’t last out that Blizzard!
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A very creative write, Lillian. Parkas indeed!!
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Very clever, Lillian. Love the humor!
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I like the way you turned the short prompt lines into a conversation with a play on words, political commentary, and a pinch of humour. I just hope it’s over soon, Lill.
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In addition to the kevlar and rubber, that parka probably needs steel in it, too, although there would be tariffs… agree with the other comments, Liliian, this prose is super-clever. I just wish it didn’t feel so profound,
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Lillian, I love the playfulness of this conversation! It’s clever and lighthearted, but with a deeper, meaningful twist!
Much love,
David
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UM….you made me laugh but it only hurts when I laugh……..
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A clever twist that is only gradually revealed – excellent Lillian…
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Brilliant, Lillian!
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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Your’re going to need that Parka
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