Stroll
By Shashikant Dudhgaonkar
Simply 6 Minutes – Welcome to the Challenge (01-14-2025)
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The prompt was to write about the photo given below.
Rather my camera
Not all four of them though
While the man beamed from ear to ear
Holding on to his uncomfortable child
Suspicion writ large in the primate’s eyes
Hidden behind it I assumed
The women did smile
Don’t know why they did
Or why the ape and child didn’t
Perhaps the couple might have been returning from a stroll
Where they found it
Hiding in the bushes
The naked ape
Or could be the baby
One never knows
Interesting story Shashi.
Hahaha. It was a 6 minute write. And a first draft as per rules of the prompt. And that’s all I could come up with.
I couldn’t see the image on your post but saw the original prompt later. Very good first take