From the Write-Brain

Prompt 1, Day 1

Circle the one word that most appeals to you:
Alabama Banister Carousel Diesel Exorcist

Circle another word that appeals to you:
Flatulence Garage Harried Insensitive Jambalaya

Circle yet another word that you find appealing:
Keepsake Lamb Massage Nonsense Oriole

Use these three words in a story. Start with: Sometimes I feel just like a gerbil running around and around on his wheel!

My response… which doesn’t necessarily follow the prompt. I took off on a tangent after reading the next step part.

Possessed by the need to always get to the end, I doubt an exorcist could free me from the daily routine of a gerbil. My gerbil is undeniably over compulsive. If something is not finished, it will continue to run, afraid to leave the spinning wheel — afraid to lose whatever flow is coming through. It will continue without food, without water until borderline stress and exhaustion causes collapse. He is never harried by distraction, never bothered by any other needs besides the current one being obsessed. The nonsense of this obsession eventually causes worry in others, especially when fainting occurs and the health deteriorates. There is no stopping, no pausing for breath because this gerbil cannot escape mental stubbornness, no matter how hard we try.