Writers Cramp Entry

Prompt:You are searching for your gloves, scarf, and hat as you head out the door during the first blast of winter. While rifling through the hall closet, you find a beautifully wrapped present with a tag addressed to no one you know, signed "With great affection" from your spouse. What happens next? Write the STORY or POEM, first or third person is fine.



Night fell as she sank in to a deep brood.
The reflective red flicker of the wrapping,
tap tap tapping on her brain.
Her thoughts tacky, stuck to the sides of others.
She created a believable scene, a Christmas scene
of vengeance and violence.
She opened the door and began.

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