drabble for "butterfly whirl"

[hwango]

What the heck - I've written a drabble (exactly 100 words) for every other week this month. May as well make it a complete set.

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I'm not actually in a dark alley - I'm not that stupid. But it is late, and it is a bad part of town, so I do feel a little stupid.

My assailant is positively oozing the cocky menace of petty criminals everywhere. He's flipping a butterfly knife open and closed over and over, spinning it around his fingers while he says something about a toll for going down his street. I admit, seen up close in real life it's a pretty scary routine.

Until he goofs up his little trick and slices off his thumb. Then I can't stop laughing.


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(In case anyone reading this doesn't know what a butterfly knife is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balisong_%28knife%29 )

Comments

[keppiehed.livejournal.com]

I tell you, I've done drabbles, and I think they are harder than you're making them out to be. You seem to have a flair for them. Once again, skillfully written. Every word is a winner!

[hwango.livejournal.com]

Thanks! They really are interesting to write. I'll find that I have 108 words, realize I have to cut a sentence, discover that now I have 97 words and can afford a few more words for another sentence that could be better - they are neat little puzzles.