My Imago, My BFF, She’s Gone Mad!

Rachel Harrie has posted her second-campaigner-challenge. 


I'm number 65 and Here is my entry:

I knocked lightly on the white door frame and caught Catherine’s attention as our eyes met in the mirror.  My BFF from forever was poking at a large red pimple on her forehead.  “This zit had better not leave a lacuna,” she said as she turned to face me.

“A lacuna?” I asked, slightly confused. 

“Yeah, you know, a big gap or pit. Man, I hate getting zits!  Oh my gosh, whew, these sure stink!  Please excuse the miasma.” Catherine plugged her nose has she scooped up her sneakers and threw them into the closet, slamming the door.  “We had to run three miles after school today,” she explained.

Catherine plopped down onto the flowered comforter next to her scrabble board and started thumbing through the wooden tiles piled on the bed.  “What synchronicity! I was just thinking that I needed someone to help me study the vocabulary words, and here you are, my imago!”

“Imago?” I stuttered slightly on the word. 

“You know, my idol from my childhood.  And don’t oscitate.  Close your mouth, it doesn’t look good.”

“What?  You really don’t know these words already?”  She looked up, amazed. “Oh that’s right; you don’t have English until tomorrow!”

Fellow campaigners will be posting their entries between now and October 3rd, so check back here to her blog to read their work. 


In case you didn't already know, The Challenge is:

Write a blog post in 200 words or less, excluding the title. It can be in any format, whether flash fiction, non-fiction, humorous blog musings, poem, etc. The blog post should:

• include the word "imago" in the title
• include the following 4 random words: "miasma," "lacuna," "oscitate," "synchronicity,"

If you want to give yourself an added challenge (optional and included in the word count), make reference to a mirror in your post.

For those who want an even greater challenge (optional), make your post 200 words EXACTLY!