Written for The New, Unofficial, On-Line Writer’s Guild.
This week the three prompts from aooga at OLWG #392 are
1) a Texaco bathroom, 2) Gaucho, and 3) Chinese work songs.
This is my story.
The murmuring hum of the miles. My life has become an endless freeway dotted with a sea of dizzying mirages. At times they seem so real but are merely apparitions, figments of the imagination, delusions of my dreams.
Too many selfish hours on the road to perdition without pause …. only failure and punishment and ceaseless thoughts of Marie-Elena crashing over me like a tsunami …. no easy task for even the toughest of men.
Truth is, and I’ll take this to my grave …. if I stop for just a moment, my head will burst from the frenetic surge of memories of her and our unquenchable days and nights at the Amargosa Hotel.
There were times I thought I’d finally broken her but she constantly challenged me; her spirit was too strong. Marie-Elena …. my wild, fierce and magnificent Criollo. An angel, a demon, my slave and my master. My soul.
I would willingly spend a thousand hours in hell for another chance to feel her beneath me, to hear her whispered pleadings, to taste her mouth …. to dance with the Devil.
We live too short and die too long. I will not rest as long as the Asian lark continues to sing the 13 ancient songs of Beijing. 百灵十三套
Marie-Elena. It’s you once again and always, leading me on, driving me on, and there’s no turning back on the road.
NAR©2024
#OLWG
This is “Big Log” by Robert Plant
All text, graphics and videos are copyright for Nancy (The Sicilian Storyteller), The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephant’s Trunk, and The Rhythm Section and are not to be used without permission. NAR©2017-present.
The Elephant's Trunk 
Such a great song! The perfect tone for your captivating story. 👏🏻 I like to read your prompts after I read your stories. 👍🏻
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That’s an interesting way of approaching the story, Michele. I’ll have to try that when reading some of my writer friends’ posts. 🤩
This is a favorite song of mine; Robert Plant is, among other things, mesmerizing! 😎
Thank you for your wonderful comments, Michele. 😊
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Wonderful music share and one I haven’t heard in a long while. 👍🏻 Reading the prompts after is interesting. A first reading, flowing with the story, then revisiting with a focus on the different elements/ideas you’ve incorporated. Great fun! 🙌🏻 A wonderful weekend to you writer Nancy! 🌺
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Enjoyed your reading process, Michele; adds a new dimension to stories. 🤩
Lovely weekend to you, as well. 💃🏻
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🤓🙏🏻🎶🥰
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Another good one. I’m digging your blog.
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Hey, thanks so much, Phil! Glad you’re enjoying this mishmash of randomness I call a blog! Keeps me busy and out of trouble. 😂
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Great story Nancy. The song binds well with it.
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Thanks, Glyn. This is a repeat song for me, but it’s so great I didn’t mind using it again!
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Hot stuff, Nancy, and amazing job working with some tantalizingly random prompts. And Big Log? Mirrored the mood completely!
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That song gets me every time; I chose the video before I wrote the story.
Thanks much, Liz. Always appreciate your thoughts.
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What a wonderful story you have woven! Delicious and decadent.
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The result of too many hours spent at the dime store romance novel shelf, cara! 🔥
Mille grazie! 😊
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Oh, I hear you loud and clear, darlin’ I could not possibly count the number of Harlequins and ilk of the sort I have consumed over the years!
Prego!
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Exactly!!
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I like this video, and it works perfectly with your exquisite story!
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One of my favorites by Plant; I chose the video before I wrote the story.
Thanks much, dear friend.
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Such a Cleverly written story pulling us in great song too.
Here is another one …and another 😉
💜💜💜
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Yes!!! I forgot all about this song, Willow!
Thanks for the reminder and the share! 🩶🩶🩶
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Always a pleasure Nancy 😁☺️
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Great story, and a fabulous choice of song to illustrate it 👍
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Thanks much, Clive. The song was chosen on the prompt words alone. Robert Plant is an easy inspiration. 😎
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An interesting tale woven Nancy 😍
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Thank you, Sadje. I thought the prompt words were very intriguing. 😊
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They are.
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Ah, those evil vixens! Driven many a man to an early grave lol
Great read, Nancy!
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You got that right, my man!
Glad you enjoyed Marie-Elena. 😎
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Indeed! 👏👏👏
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A very carnal and lusty story. Well done
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Yes. I suppose it is. I was a man in one of my former lives. 😁
Thank you! 😊
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