PHOTO PROMPT© Sandra Crook
KISMET
Dalia and Laima reclined in their cavernous office. FatesEnd, Inc. headquarters was vast. The need for state of the art looms rising. They both had glasses, sighed, and took a long sip of wine.
“Nona and Clothu feel we need another facility,” Dalia mentioned.
“I feared that,” Laima moaned. “Too many already.”
Reaching over, Dalia took Laima’s free hand in hers. “We can do it; you know that. They’ve grown. We’ve grown.”
Laima stood, walking to the window overlooking the looms. Dalia joined her.
The weaving and measuring machinery stretched for miles. They couldn’t see the cutting of the threads.
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Author’s Note: for those who know me, names, when I use them, have a meaning(s) to what I wrote. If you’re not familiar, please research. Learning something new is what I love to do.
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.”- Macbeth, WS
“the three old shrews of fate the one eyed shrew of the heterosexual dollar the one eyed shrew that winks out of the womb and the one eyed shrew that does nothing but sit on her ass and snip the intellectual golden threads of the craftsman’s loom“- Howl, Alan Ginsberg.
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No glass ceiling for those two women. Yayy! Thank you for the positive image, Stu.
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If Fate is a business, who pays?
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We all do, in the end.
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We all do, in the end. 🙂
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You are welcome, Penny.
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FatesEnd seems an ominous name for the business, how about FatesSmiling for a more positive approach to their work?! 😉
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That’s an idea, Iain. Just not quite fitting what I had in mind, nor with their duties. After all, they aren’t seeing the cutting of the threads.
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Quite a strange name for a business. They do see bigger and bigger. Will bigger ever be enough?
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Strange name or a in-your-face clue to what the story is about? Who know?
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You have a point!
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Dear Stu,
FatesEnd. Quite a name for a business. Oh what tangled webs we weave…nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks, Rochelle. For everyone’s sake, let’s hope there aren’t any tangles.
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Loved the imagery and the ending took me by surprise.
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Surprise is a good thing. Thanks, Alana
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The three graces have succumbed to fate.. Very well told, Stu..
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Thank you, Violet. Glad you got it.
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Well, Kismet is fate, so I’m thinking the women are graces, goddesses, muses–don’t have time to check it out. Maybe later. But I enjoyed your story very much 🙂
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You got it; research when you can.
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So, looming doom, huh…
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Just as the Shakespeare quote in the notes foretell. Thanks, Roy
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When I saw the names, I thought Dalai Lama. I loved this line… They both had glasses, sighed, and took a long sip of wine.
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