The image is taken from Pixabay.
“Fall in love with the
colors of spring.” She twirled, a crown of daisies adorning her auburn
ringlets.
The cameras clicked her pictures
in delight, as tender petals danced around her.
Four hours later…
The artificial trees
were removed from the air-conditioned film set.
on reel everything looks real. Good story.
ReplyDeleteI really like the underlying concept of this piece -- the notion of the artifice, the facade being removed to reveal what lies beneath. There's a powerful statement on looking beyond the immediately obvious.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Asha. :)
DeleteI've always been interested about the things behind the facade.
I really liked what you've done with the ending here.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Hema. :)
DeleteI just loved this. Way to pack a twist ending in 44 words!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jen. :)
DeleteI have always loved those pictures that take something ugly or ordinary and magically turn them into something unbelievable. That's not a forest, that's someones overgrown ditch. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Laissez. It wasn't even a ditch, I suppose. :)
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