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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Saturday Centus

This week we're limited to sixty words, not 100.

Dear John,

I made it back. Why didn't you?

Tom

(One of many notes tucked lovingly into the space between the granite panels at the Vietnam Wall in Washington.)

16 comments:

  1. Hey, Centus participants: Rather than go through and comment on every entry -- which I've been really lax at doing the last few weeks, even though I've read most of them -- let me just say here that you're all terrific and I always enjoy perusing your tales!

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  2. I am sure that this question has been asked many times in the last several years. Excellent take on the prompt.

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  3. Excellent !

    This is the question all survivors must deal with and most painfully felt for a life time is that haunting and torturous "Why ME and not YOU ?"

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  4. very clever leaves the reader to conjour up our own story

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  5. Another surprising and powerful take. I've been to the Wall in DC and have seen many different mementos left...Great Centus!

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  6. Oh wow. You got me there! I am almost speakless. Very good use of the prompt! Short, direct and really hits the heart.
    Well done!
    Best wishes,
    Anna

    Sanna writes to John Tell-Anna's SC wk 60

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  7. I've been to that wall as well ... what a powerful bit of writing ...

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  8. Nicely done. I wonder what John's reply to Tom would be? A question I'm sure many asked at the wall.

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  9. Sad. I'd like to visit that wall one day.

    =)

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  10. I've been to that Wall; totally believable.

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  11. Oh my what a great way to go with this short and sweet and to the point now! Cool!

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  12. Lolz! This was fun ! Though.. ti could be a serious note too .. nice.

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  13. Oh man. This little gem really touched my heart. I really loved this. Poignant, believable...touching.

    Thank you.

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