 [photo by Arnie Chou, licensed through Pexels] “Row, row, row your boat. Gently down...” our off-key ditty cut short by the whine of a low-flying drone. It dive-bombed our grouping of kayaks, a back-to-nature tour provided by Oars-R-Us—Where Your Paddling Pleasure is our Guarantee! A trap door released half-off photo coupons. Most missed the mark, floating downstream. Lisa H. Owens Inspired by a December 2021 - Press 53-Word Theme Prompt It’s hard to argue our attention spans haven’t suffered because of the internet. Heraclitus thought the defining characteristic of the world was constant change, so he’d probably get a kick out of our societal evolution. Remember, he said we couldn’t step in the same river twice. Maybe that metaphor is a little flexible. Write a 53-word story about a stream.
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