A 100-word story that floated up from the swamp of my forgotten past. Many thanks to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields for another great prompt. You always get my imagination going.
PHOTO PROMPT © C.E. Ayr
Will crawled out of his little tent at dawn. His eyes sagged with weariness. “Are they gone?”
“No,” I said, “but they’re quiet. Probably sleeping off all that screaming loud television. Why do people try to get away from it all by bringing it all with them?”
“Tom wanted to strafe their RV with his old M16.”
I laughed. “Better wake him. It’s time to leave if we want to beat traffic.”
“He’s gone. Said he couldn’t sleep anyway and had something to do before he went home.”
That’s when I saw the bullet holes in the side of the RV.
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Genie in a Box: Words and thoughts from Eugenia Parrish, Author 
They have been silenced… permanently. Remind me never to camp beside Tom… just in case I am louder than I think I am!
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Sometimes folks just get pushed too far! But let’s assume there’s more to it than that.
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There must be…
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That’s an extreme solution. Couldn’t they have just pitched the tent somewhere else the next night!! 😉
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Sleep deprivation does weird things!
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They were there on a special weekend — no open spots!
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Dear Genia,
Perhaps that wasn’t the TV they heard. Yikes
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Who knows? It was a very LOUD tv! Thanks for reading.
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😀
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Tom’s not the full shilling
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I worry that some will jump to the “PTSD” idea. That’s not what I meant at all! When it happens to me, I want to strafe their damn RV too.
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