5-MINUTE PROMPT: Recall a summer day that you really enjoyed. Whether it was hanging out on a roof watching fireworks over the city skyline, kicking it with friends in the park, or soaking up the sun on a picturesque beach, write about what you did on this summer day. Craft it as a diary entry from the point of view of a famous historical character.
The limbo stick was a cinch at first, but as it progressively got lowered I found myself unable to bend the way I could in my youth. Nonetheless, my seafaring comrades fell by the wayside as the game went on and, the next thing you know, I’d won a bottle of Caribbean rum. I say, it surprised me as much as anyone else. For the rest of the night folks were slapping me on the back. It was all, “Good job, Ben,” and “How’d you get so flexible, B-Frank?” These old bones aren’t out of commission yet, it seems. Afterwards, I found myself on the top deck looking up at the sky. I began to think, what if I had done the kite experiment from the deck of a boat instead of in a field? Surely the results would’ve been the same. The ocean is a powerful place to be during a lightning storm. My mind wandered until a rousing chorus of “99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall” snapped me out of my reverie. I hurried to join them before the buzz wore off.