Thursday, April 24, 2025
Time: 4:27
Song: Wasteland
Artist: Dead Man Winter
Mode of Consumption: Listening to Spotify “Liked” songs playlist
Link to song: https://open.spotify.com/track/5Wybb9BQ6aEWZgghuzvrTX?si=fba070738d9c4890
I wrote a story once about a support group meeting in a
gymnasium. The catch was that each of the characters were people from popular
songs.
For example: The point of view of the story is that of a
woman named Eleanor, who is Eleanor Rigby, and she is consumed by her
loneliness.
I probably make about a half dozen references to songs, have
a little fun expanding a bit from what we hear in the lyrics of songs. While it’s
never been published, I find it to be an interesting piece. The kicker of the
story being is that they are drawn to the group by a mysterious man only known
as “The Listener.”
He concludes the meeting by telling the characters that this
would likely be their last meeting as he is ill. It concludes with him
accepting a dance with a woman named Mary Jane. A bit on the nose, I admit.
I believe I wrote this in response to a music prompt where you
were supposed to express how music shapes lives, or something to that effect. I
entered it in a contest, and I think it won honorable mention.
It’s one of dozens of stories I am wondering what to do
with. I suppose they are lost in the wasteland for the time being. Waiting to
find life in some publication or maybe in my potential short story collection.
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