FF- Friday Fictioneers
copyright - Madison Woods
"If only I could tear it down
and free myself!" shouted Anatole.
"You've got to get a hold of yourself," Francois shot back. "Accept what is!"
"I'll never accept it! I am tormented by this barbed wire fence all around us!"
“I knew
things would eventually come to this, Anatole. The way you’re always
questioning, always doubting, always mouthing off.”
“How do
you stand it, Francois?"
“I accept things as is.”
Anatole and
Francois packed up their gear and climbed into the Francois and Anatole’s Fence Company truck.
"Look, Anatole, it's a good fence and the customer was satisfied," said Francois. "You've got to stop being such a perfectionist!"
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If you want to check out the work of the other Friday Fictioneers relative to the picture prompt above, please click here. Every one is a perfectionist in his or her own way but always in a good way.
As for Anatole, he is imprisoned not by a fence but by his own mind. And that may be the worst imprisonment of all.
