Hey there you smiley, sandpapery-smelling folks of Blog-land! I’ve got a piece of writing for you!
Just to set the scene for you, we were asked to write a piece based on a story from a tabloid newspaper. I was advised by the ever loveable, the every sparkly and glittery Rowan, to take a look at the “weekly world news”. (For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure, The WWN is a newspaper which usually has headlines such as “Woman gives birth to twelve alien hamsters” and “Elvis found working in a Diner”.
Hope you enjoy!
- Thank You Weekly World News -
It started like all the other stories,
A truck, alone in the black, making a delivery.
The driver covers his eyes when he sees them,
Beams that turn midnight to daylight.
Something burns it’s way forwards,
Flying low and quick, with scorching headlights.
He opens his mouth wide, thrusts his foot down,
He’s asleep before the scream erupts.
It’s seven hours later now, same truck,
Driver hefts his head from the wheel, shakes the fatigue away.
He checks his watch, checks his face in the mirror,
Starts the engine, makes his way away.
He does the intelligent thing,
Makes time the next day for an emergency check-up.
The Doctor frowns at what he finds, puzzled he says,
“You’re healthy, too healthy.”
And up until now, it was a normal story,
Unsuspecting man abducted by aliens, loses seven hours.
What the doctor found though, makes an interesting headline:
“TRUCKER ABDUCTED — RETURNS WITH ALIEN PROSTATE!”