Prompts

What games did you play? Prompt #32

Lefkowitz.To Have NotToday’s prompt is from To Have Not, a fascinating memoir by Frances Lefkowitz.

When us kids used to walk down 16th Street to the schoolyard or across Sanchez to the corner store, we’d keep a lookout for cool cars. When one drove by – a red mustang convertible, a tiny MG, a black Jag with the silver cat ready to pounce off the hood – whoever saw it first would point and say, “That’s my car!” We could play this game anywhere, my brothers and their buddies and I, shouting the words loud and fast to drown out anyone else who might be thinking about claiming the same car.  You could even play it alone, whispering the three magic words while walking home from school or sitting in a window seat on the bus, leaning your drowsy head against the sun-warmed glass. Then the car would speed through traffic, carrying your dreams out of sight. You’d covet, grasp, and lose, all in a few quick seconds of shiny colored metal whizzing by.

Frances blogs about writing, publishing, and footwear at PaperInMyShoe.com.

Prompt:  What game did you and your friends or siblings make up? What does this say about your childhood?

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