Dancers and Dukers

PHOTO PROMPT © J Hardy Carroll

See that window up there on the left? That’s the bedroom I shared with my sister.

Every day after school, we’d stop to watch boxers duking it out before we reluctantly trudged upstairs to do homework. I was always fascinated by the boxers’ fancy-stepped dancing—the weaving in and out that almost always saved them from the “hit.”

But, my sister loved the fight. She’d watch, studying wide-eyed and unblinking as a gloved-hand slammed into a scrunched-up face. Sometimes, her hand mimicked the boxer’s, swaying through the air, ready to duke it out.

Guess who had fewer black eyes?

THE END

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Thank you for another great photo prompt, J. Hardy Carroll. It inspired me to write this little “creative non-fiction.” 🙂