Trifecta: Week Sixty-Four
This week,Trifecta asked us to respond to the following word prompt –
- Your response must be between 33 and 333 words.
- You must use the 3rd definition of the given word in your post.
- The word itself needs to be included in your response.
- You may not use a variation of the word; it needs to be exactly as stated above.
- Only one entry per writer.
- Trifecta is open to everyone. Please join us.
http://www.trifectawritingchallenge.com/
And Boy,did I dwell on it-phew,don’t even ask!Well,for what it is worth,here is what I came up with-hope its not too bad:-)
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Cupid’s angst
“Why so sad, Honey?”asked Psyche.
“I think, I have lost my touch,” replied Cupid, glumly.
“What do you mean?”
“My arrows are failing to wound & inflame hearts …” Cupid trailed off.
“You are the God of love-no one is immune to your spell,” said Psyche, reassuring her husband.
“You think I am making it up?” retorted Cupid, a little irritated.
“No, I think it must be some glitch. Just relax,” said Psyche soothingly.
“I don’t want to dwell on it but ..,” said Cupid, looking forlorn.
Psyche noted the wan look, the drooping shoulders, the missing twinkle in his eyes-where was the fun loving & mischievous Cupid? She had to do something.
Aloud she said,” Just give me a day, I will find a solution.”
This reeked of foul play & she had her suspicions.
She had to find out.
Apollo started when he saw her & said a little too warmly (who did not know of the animosity between the two households?),”Welcome to my humble home Psyche. What brings you here so early in the day?”
“Cut the niceties Apollo. What mischief have you been making in Cupid’s workshop? His arrows are ineffective.”
Psyche saw a flicker of a smug smile appear & disappear in a flash.
So ,she thought,it IS him.
Apollo said,”Now, now, .why should I even think of doing such a thing? You are letting your imagination run away with you Psyche.”
“Really? So tell me what this is doing here Apollo,” said Psyche, moving to pick up the tell tale trademark feather from Apollo’s robes.
Apollo looked trapped. He had in fact spent most of the night in Cupid’s armory sabotaging the arrows.Oh, darn that feather!!
Psyche said, “If you do not set things right by today evening, I shall have to take this matter to Zeus & the council of Gods. Am sure you do not want that.”
Apollo’s mumbled apology told Psyche that her words had hit home.
She smiled.
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Ha! Oh those gods and their tricks!
LOL!Thanks Zennjennc:-)Am reading through all the submissions-hope to finish before I go to bed,ha!ha!
Great poem. Love how she caught Appollo red handed or feathered or something like that. 😉
Ha!ha!Glad it appealed to you Lumdog:-)
d’awww poor Cupid (: Just smack Apollo with an arrow lol
Ha!ha!You always make me laugh-thank you for that Draug:-)
Funny… the gods are tricksters. Great dialog. Well done.
Yes,they are;-)Thank you Steph & hearty congrats on being placed:-)
Those gods were always messing with one another. It’s scary to think of a bunch of all powerful hot heads, pranksters, and tricksters running around. Thank Zeus it’s just myth.
So true;-)Loved the last line of your comment,lol!
This was a clever take on the challenge — feuding gods. I liked your dialogue very much. This was a fun read.
Aww,thank you-am pleased that it appealed to you-was not sure if I was doing it right:-)
🙂 i enjoyed greatly this conversation between the gods 🙂 i’m such a huge fan of Greek mythology , so fascinated by them and their ridiculously immature ways 🙂 this made me smile
Oh,am so glad you did -thank you Kz.You know my daughter is a fan too-she just turned 17 yesterday-tht’s why i was away-she has written some cool poems & I think a tale or two on the theme:-)Will tell her that you love Greek mythology.
LOL Atreyee!! My favorite line, “Cut the niceties Apollo! That’s telling’ him psyche!! This was just delightful Atreyee! And I loved the picture too! HA! 😀
Ha!ha!Thank you Linda-glad you liked it-i was worried that it sounded lame .
Not at all! I really enjoyed it! 😀
:-)Thank you
Terrific first line!
Have you read Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips or The Infinities by John Banville? If not, do so. You will laugh.
Thank you Kymm:-)No,I haven’t-will definitely do-always love to laugh;-)
This is awesome! I love how their conversation sounds just like any husband and wife talking about a problem. Love it!
Oh Suzanne,that’s so n ice to hear-the Trifecta challenge on dialogues gave me a confidence boost-so thought of trying some more-glad it seemed good:-)Thank you so much.
Love it! What a novel angle! Would love to know what prompted that! Would also love to read the effect of it on the poor love unstruck people Cupid was trying to help!
Aww,so sweet of you to say so,thank you so much Emmeline:-)Ah,it being Valentine Day(or close),I had been toying with the idea of Cupid as the main character but wanted it to be different-thinking of the trouble people are having in today’s world about finding & being in love,made me venture in this direction;-)Guess when these people failed to fall in love,their lives got very boring & dull-they became more like robots-all work & no play? 😛