From Dennis616 (Dennis) - THIRD PLACE WINNER
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My Valentine’s Day Destiny
I WISH, a LITTLE BIT, this COULD BE JUST ANOTHER HAPPY VALENTINE DAY. But even AFTER ALL THE YEARS with MY GIRL FRIEND I cannot ESCAPE REALITY. Her IMPETUOUS FIRE, her STRENGTH AND BEAUTY, have become FADING EMBERS and my VOLUPTUOUS MISTRESS lay dying in her BEACH HOUSE.
In TRUTH, there is NO DOUBT that to LOOK AT HER is an ACQUIRED TASTE. And only RARE DAYS with her have PEACEFUL SERENITY. And her THUNDERING VOICE quickly pushes me OVER THE EDGE-- the EDGE OF INSANITY. Her MOVING ON would be my DREAM ESCAPE and my OBVIOUS CONCLUSION is “WHAT A RELIEF that it’s her TIME TO GO”.
Still, PRECIOUS MEMORIES of SEASIDE ROMANCE had pulled the STRINGS OF MY HEART and I WANTED to bring her COMFORT AND JOY on this her DAY OF RECKONING. So I had made a MASTER PLAN for a SHOT GUN WEDDING, and now in the UPPER ROOM of her house I ask her “WILL YOU MARRY ME?”
She does SAY YES, and with a FAMILY CIRCLE forming a RING AROUND us, a CIRCLE OF FRIENDS surrounding us, we each speak a WEDDING VOW. I LOOK AT HER PALE FACE and it is a sad DISPLAY of weakness. She can barely SPEAK SOFTLY-- only a SOFT WHISPER. I have THAT CERTAIN FEELING she’ll be dead in a NANO SECOND. I lift her PALE HANDS, pick one of her ICY FINGERS and PUT A RING ON IT saying “WITH THIS RING I thee wed.”
Then WHAT A SURPRISE, I swear IT’S A MIRACLE! That ring must have HEALING POWER BECAUSE there is a SUDDEN CHANGE and she is LOOKING FINE. It is SIMPLY STUNNING to WAIT A MINUTE and see her face ALMOST BLUSHING with LIVING COLOR-- looking BETTER THAN EVER! This is SHOCKING and just PLUM CRAZY! BEWILDERED I mutter “EXCUSE ME, RAIN CHECK” and am READY TO RUN…
“STAY YOUR COURSE!” she cries out. “Don’t TRY TO RESIST, you are now CALLED TO SERVE! To be the MONEY MAKER and MISTER FIXIT! LET IT BEGIN with the PAINT JOB and TRIM WORK in this house-- and KEEP IT CLEAN! And always keep EVERYTHING NICE AND NEAT, and keep me in my COMFORT ZONE, and keep me ADORNED WITH JEWELS…” Thus began the RELENTLESS DOMINATION of the JOB CREATOR, my COMMANDER, SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED-- MY WIFE JANE. In an INCREDIBLE TWIST OF FATE it had become MY DESTINY to ALWAYS AND FOREVER experience the ENDLESS REWARDS of WEDDED BLISS!
