The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 76

July 14th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

character sketch Monday:

Alexandra is a strange girl. When she was born, so was her personal god - Mister Johnson. This was no guardian angel, but an actual god came into being. The God of Alexandra. She would hold no gods before him, and she would pray to, worship, and sacrifice to him. He had the body of a heron and the face of her mother’s third grade teacher, which upset her mother considerably when she found his visage burned into Alexandra’s morning toast. She is a good girl, trying to follow his seventeen commandments (including Thou Shalt Not Eat Fat Free As Long As Thou Keeps Thy Weight at a Reasonable Level) and find small rodents to sacrifice to him. She was a kind girl and always tried to go for the sickly ones. She quickly realized that her cat, Midnight, also knew of her god, and would bring her sacrificial mice to help keep her god happy.

But when Alexandra was 17, she displeased her god, and she felt his wrath.

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  1. Comment by Al on 15 July 2008:

    Nice! I really like the fat-free bit. And mom’s third grade teacher? Out of left field, but all the better for it.

    Al

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