TLT: My cheeky monkey

 

photo by Inma Ibáñez – here’s a bigger version

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Your toes curl around the branch, hands reaching for the next hold and the next – my nimble little chimp plucking cherries from our tree.

Perched high above the dried mud and broken down garden fence, you wedge your back in a woody cleft, sun casting green shadows on your cheek through fluttering leaves, the wind stealing the sound of chewing and sucking, the stones pinging to the ground.

Red lips, red tongue poked out – my cheeky monkey – you reach for more fruit as the recording ends, my finger already hovering over the ‘replay’ button.

 

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Written for Sonya at Only 100 Words’ Three Line Tales and this week I think I’ve actually stuck to the three lines. Miracles will never cease. See here for the rules and to read the other stories.