PHOTO PROMPT © CEAYR for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers. Other stories featuring the prompt can be found here.
Oh wow is it just me or is my eyesight going?
The words blur together and dance off the page. Now there is something one doesn’t see every day. The letters merge and roll on my fingertips as if they are having sex. Baby words emerge.
Tap, tap, tap on the white page, digits acted as stamps, leaving an imprint. These new glasses… The optimist said the prescription needed to be stronger. Does this happen to everyone?
My doctor increased my meds too, an age thing. Keeps me sane. So the story goes. Wash with Scotch.
“Oh no dear, that’s not a cig.”
Answer provided.
Note: ‘Optimist’ was intended to be ‘optometrists’ but given the subject matter, I found the typo amusing when pointed out! 😀
Nice hallucination
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Some pretty strong drugs 😀
Thanks N!
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Receive, perceive and conceive. New glasses and a book I wish I hadn’t started – deceive.
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Great play with words Pete!
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Love that you kept the typo to add to the humour of a painful topic, cleverly handled.
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Thanks Ceayr. It was a fun picture!
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Cleverly done, Tannille. And I love that you kept the typo too! 🙂
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It was one of those seemingly fitting typos… probably that damn auto spell lol
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A terrible thing to experience when you age.
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It isn’t fair.
Thanks C!
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As someone who got my first pair of glasses at the start of the year, I can fully sympathise. At least I can have the scotch too 🙂
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Scotch makes the world better. Oh maybe not the nasty cheap kind. 😀
Thanks I!
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Dear Tanille,
What’s funny is that I didn’t notice optimist until you pointed it out. Hm, what does that say about me? A subtle story on the joys of aging. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Haha my mum pointed it out. I read over it multiple times too. I think it says we enjoy stories more than physical words (what I tell myself, spelling has always been a weak point). 😀
Thanks R!
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Maybe I need to start washing my meds down with Scotch. I can’t see any fornicating letters when I’m not wearing my glasses, just blurry spots… 😉 Yeah, getting old sucks.
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Maybe you’re not old enough for letters to make out… something we can look forward to haha. Washing meds down with scotch should age you faster too. 😀
Thanks T!
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Just the Scotch alone makes the letters act funny, never mind the meds…
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Tannille, I’m not having what he’s having and I’m certainly not washing it down with Scotch. Time to exit stage left quickly in case it’s contagious! Better safe than being an optimist!
Well done.
Best wishes,
Rowena
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If I had more words, the reader would learn he smoked his son’s stash haha. Yes best to exit this stage it might start moving.
Thanks R!
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So much clever description. I read it twice, too. Wanted to make sure I got it all 🙂
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Not sure where this one came from but did have words on my mind. I’m flattered that you read twice.
Thanks L!
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Alas I feel it’s not the eyesight only… so many painful things happen when you age
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Including fierce hangovers.
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I love trippy pieces like this, I don’t know what it is, I just really do. Baby words being created, the tap, tap, tap. The Optimist/Optometrist mix up is the icing on the cake. I love it all. :’)
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Must admit as I wrote it I was thinking what the… loads of fun. Alice in Wonderland inspired.
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I throughly enjoyed this, how I wish that I had written it.
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Wow that if a complement thank you. I went down the rabbit hole with this one…
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I love your story! It’s perfect! I have thought about this and I’m impressed and it seems like a longer story.
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Hmm wonder how much more trippy it can be… 😀.
Thanks Nan for the encouragement.
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I’ll have what she is having, please…. way more fun 😉
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Tempting… but the hangover! Lol.
Thanks D!
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Maybe just one, then.
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Strong medicine may have effect on eyesight. I think you need to visit your doctor.
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Or sleep it off. 😀
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I read it with my glasses and without, and enjoyed it equally!
My story is a but click away!
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A bit like chose your own adventure. 😀
Thanks K!
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Yes, sounds like they were being an “optimist” when they reckoned stronger glasses was going to fix this 🙂
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Some how I think they are wrong 😀.
Thanks D!
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whether we like it or not, sooner or later we must learn to age gracefully. 🙂
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Some don’t get the memo. Sad.
Thanks P!
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Relax! You have filled me with dread, I never will grow old. Great piece of ageist humour.
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An enjoyable fun tale about what one looks forward to as one ages.
Scotch seems to be on the list of must have with aging.
Mmmmm … must learn to enjoy scotch instead of wine. LOL
Nicely done …
Isadora 😎
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Haha it should be in every one’s care package 😀.
In my experience Scotch/whiskey doesn’t leave the hangover like wine can but the buzz is different.
Thanks I!
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I’m adjusting to my new pair of glasses too. Interesting analogies in your story! Aging gracefully is a life-skill itself.
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I hope they make you see clearer than my protagonist 😀!
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That typo is karmic, those must be some strong meds! I had to have vari-focals last year, it was a nightmare getting used to them and I think since having them my eyesight is getting worse, like a rolling stone, gathering mossy filters over my eyes
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That sounds dreadful. Sometimes things that are meant to improve actually make the situation worse. Your eyes/brain might be straining to adjust? Must be so annoying!
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I feel like it’s age kicking in!
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Wow, that’s scary. The only time I hallucinated was when my husband thought more was better and gave me too big a dose of cough medicine. A good story and well written. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Be your own doctor 😀. I’ve only hallucinated once jet lagged. Trippy.
Thanks S!
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Wow, that’s scary. The only time I hallucinated was when my husband considered more to be better and gave me too big a dose of cough medicine. —- Suzanne
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