Microdosing Fiction - 90mg of a Fool
Write 90 words based on the words: FOOL
Our prompt for today is FOOL
Write a story in 90 words!
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Two years lost chasing a mirage—blinded by what could've been, blind to what it was.
She kept me close, but never enough. When I strayed away, it seemed like I could go free. She pulled me back—with a crying text or a kiss… She sealed me in the strongest prison of all — hope.
Smoke and mirrors.
The dude with the bike was cooler, more jacked, or richer. And I was just a marionette strung along like a fool.
I'm grateful, though—I'll never be a fool again.
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The Fool’s Inheritance
Grandfather left a choice: a four-bedroom home in New York, or a tiny, locked box that rattled when shaken. If I chose the box, relatives claimed the house. I took the box. Inside was a rusted key, coordinates to Norway, and a letter: “For the family fool.”
“It’s a treasure map!” I exclaimed. “No more hustling in life”
I flew out, expecting gold. Instead, I found a well-built cabin by a glacial lake. I stayed, too dismayed to leave. Weeks passed quietly, peacefully. The fool, at last, was truly free.
90 words.
May 5 Fool 90
"Don't be a fool." Gordon never minced words, especially when people around him acted stupidly. This invective was directed at his adult son, whose most recent get-rich-quick scheme involved a peculiar combination of candles and essential oils designed to "bring income on the winds of fragrance."
"There's no such thing as get-rich-quick, son. There's work, hard work, and smart investing." He taught his children better, but this one refused sage advice, instead chasing after things that promised wealth without toil. "Less Jimmy Buffett, more Warren."
His son didn't get it.