PWoF 2016 - Topic 04 - Sept. 25

[RiverNotch]

@cvanshelton - Excellent, both.  The senryu scene and backstory; the other, desolation:  can words be monochrome?

@justmercedes - Absence of a certain vowel was certainly no handicap.  Terrific!

@rivernotch - Maybe.  Balloon simile:  this exercise felt like blowing up a balloon (by mouth) - at first seems impossible, too hard!, then easier, then deleriously simple and expansive until the lungs run out and the damn thing tries to blow you up instead.  @rayheinrich - Good challenge.

@Quixilated - Goblin tempo, very fun (in its way).  Read somewhere ("The Secret Life of Cats," was it?) that when a lion has dragged a man into the bushes it plays with him, purring (very deeply), patting and stroking - petting, you might say, just bumping back and forth with claws retracted.  As told by a survivor, obviously.  Reminded me of that.

@kolemath - Clever structure, echoing the challenge (limts and constraints).  1 last air - see above re balloons.

This damn prompt:
blowing up a balloon
so much it kills you