Nobody Ate the Plums [The Apology Challenge]

by THX 0477

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Another long night of fending off the walking dead and my own sense of foreshortened future had left me bereft of hope and in dire need of a drink. The drink would wait, as I found the following hastily scrawled note on the fridge.

This is just to say

I’ve had a bit of me eaten

by a zombie that was hiding by

the icebox

as I went to fetch the frozen plums

you had been saving

for breakfast.

Forgive me.

Life is too delicious,

but now I feel so odd,

so cold.

I didn’t want to look away from the note, but I could hear a slow, shuffling step bringing the stench of new death into the kitchen. Thank goodness for shotguns I couldn’t help but think. Though I’d done so a hundred times in the past few days, working the pump action seemed to go in slow motion and expel a bit of my heart with the spent shell.

Without looking, I aimed toward the noise, whispered, “Forgive me,” and I shot my last friend in the world.

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  1. Nobody Ate the Plums [The Apology Challenge]

    thebetweenspace's Buddy Icon thebetweenspace

    Posted 11 days ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Oh, my gosh. That’s hilarious and awesomely cool at the same time! Standing ovation

  2. Nobody Ate the Plums [The Apology Challenge]

    someday_93's Buddy Icon someday_93

    Posted 11 days ago

    wow. I’m…speechless o.0
    LoA

  3. Nobody Ate the Plums [The Apology Challenge]

    Valley Fey/Pinprick's Buddy Icon Valley Fey/Pinprick

    Posted 11 days ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    That…
    was amazing.
    LoA

  4. Nobody Ate the Plums [The Apology Challenge]

    Tad Winslow's Buddy Icon Tad Winslow

    Posted 11 days ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    This works as a parody of the famous poem and as a parody of resident evil simultaneously. Although a bit funny (i.e. life is too delicious) in the beginning you finish with some excellent prose and leave me feeling like I just read an excerpt from a highly successful debut author. A rousing round of applause indeed.

  5. Nobody Ate the Plums [The Apology Challenge]

    Ana Cristina's Buddy Icon Ana Cristina

    Posted 11 days ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I love how you follow the style of the original poem and yet come up with something decidedly different. I’m glad you entered. Your entry holds up with the best of ‘em. Better late than never, I always say. ;-)
    LoA

  6. Nobody Ate the Plums [The Apology Challenge]

    Misheru O'ku >^..^<'s Buddy Icon Misheru O'ku >^..^<

    Posted 11 days ago

    I enjoyed the zombie twist that you added to original poem. . . very clever :)

  7. Nobody Ate the Plums [The Apology Challenge]

    Saint Chuck's Buddy Icon Saint Chuck

    Posted 10 days ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Brilliant is all I can say.

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