“If you’ve got a best friend named Jolene, be warned. I hear she’s a man snatcher.”
Heather lit a cigarette and lowered the volume on the station playing in her ears. She leaned against a tree and waited. No one paid her any attention while she watched her ex-boyfriend who was also waiting. For her.
When he waved to someone in the distance, a tear rolled down Heather’s cheek. Her cigarette fell and she snuffed it as she walked towards them.
“…and I cannot compete with you…”
“JOLENE!” A gunshot left her auburn hair mixed with blood on the ground.
*Sneak peek at July Song Title & Lyrics Prompts*
Your beauty is beyond compare
With flaming locks of auburn hair
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green
Your smile is like a breath of spring
Your skin is soft like summer rain
And I cannot compete with you
Jolene
Will Heather ever get away?
Will she while her days away,
In jail? Don't know, but this story made my day,
It's rare that I have ever seen
A short story take upon this theme
And I like the way you riffed upon Jolene!
I love this. I love the whole clever idea of writing with songs as prompts. I take it they will all be grim? Bring it on! Here is one for you - another one-minute take on Jolene that is right up your alley.
https://sharronbassano.substack.com/p/jolene-eec