Rain never falls straight down. There’s always a gust of wind slanting it eastward, rendering the umbrella useless and blurring my vision as tiny water droplets fill my spectacles. I wish I could wear contacts, but my eyes pick up this incessant need to blink whenever something comes too close— fingers, eye drops, corrective lenses. Eye doctor visits are dreadful. Must he shine that light so brightly in my eyes just to see the back of them? And what is up with that eye pressure device? You could gouge someone’s eyeballs out with that thing! No thank you! I’d rather have glaucoma. At least then I’d have a medical excuse for the bud I smoked this morning, though maybe not the proper paperwork. Have you ever noticed that some of your best ideas come when you’re high? I’m actually thinking about inventing windshield wipers for glasses. I’d call them . . . FrameWipes! Better trademark that. Wouldn’t want some straight-faced, sober CEO with a six-figure salary and no creativity to back it up stealing my idea.
word count: 173
—Nortina
Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers is a weekly challenge where you write a story in 100-150 words (give or take 25 words) using the provided photo prompt as inspiration.
Lovely Curses 
Oooo, that thing that puffs in your eye is horrid! Actually I’ve got some devilish green contacts which I wear now and again for a laugh.The last laugh’s often on me though because I can’t see much out of them which causes a few collision and spillage situations! Ah well!
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Ha! I often wondered if colored contacts were actually counterproductive. 😉
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Wow. A stoner is right. Loved the title. Didn’t expect this story, but then I can be a bit naive. 🙂
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This story came out of the… fumes 😉
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I’ll chime in as yet another person who HATES that eye pressure device! And I would totally buy frame-wipes! Fun piece.
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Welcome to the club, and my first customer! Yes! 😀 Thanks for reading.
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There are so many points where i feel you are voicing my thoughts on eyesight and eyeglasses.
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Haha! We’re part of an exclusive club!
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High as a kite ! That was a fun creative take on the picture. Plus good description.
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Thanks! 😀
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Funny and I feel the same way when they come at me with the pressure measuring device. 🙂
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I hate that thing! Are they really measuring pressure or are they actually just doing it to annoy us? 😀
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Well it is definitely annoying 😀
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I love the conversation going on in this person`s head. I get what you`re saying about the eye doctor. Things near your eye`s can be distracting and a bit scary. But I love that he`s high and wants to trademark his idea, it`s very funny.
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Maybe all that blinking is a defense mechanism. And yes, those weed-induced ideas are the best!
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LOL! Framewipes. Good idea! Great story! I don’t like all those thingamajigs they use at the eye doctors either. Thank you for participating in the Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers Challenge!
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Clever name, right? And yes, sometimes the eye doctor can be just as frightening as the dentist with all those instruments they use!
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Very clever name!
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