No Imposters Here

These are my responses to the Writober prompt post Sounds of Words: Onomatopoeia.

OctPoWriMo

Imposter

It’s your smile, but not your smell
your legs, but not your lilt
your hands, but not your holding
callouses caress contours incorrectly
and your countenance
your countenance is clumsy

It can mimic your voice
but clicks clip calm courtesies
can climb into your clothes
but not your vivacity
and your stance
your stance is too erect

When were you body-snatched?
Were you aware as you changed?
Was there a moment, if I had been there
I could have kept you
anchored to the real?
But it’s too late, and now
that I’ve seen you, it’s too late
for me

Writober Flash Fiction

Imposter Syndrome

I’ve been slipping lately. I forget where I put things, or why I enter a room. And I’ve been forgetting I’m not like everyone else.

Imposters can’t slip. We can’t get too comfortable, or our disguises will fall away. Just yesterday, my whole face fell off. It bounced off the rug and landed under the bed. I’m so glad I was alone and no one saw.

I cleaned it off the best I could, but it still feels gritty under there, between my face and me.

Halloween Photography Challenge

For today’s image, I put a transparency of a photo of me behind the new persona filter I made on Day one and took pictures in the mirrorworld with the lights on (I usually turn off the overhead light and close the door).

Tunetober

I came up with this simple tune on the piano in C minor flat 6, then I recorded it on the mp3 player I mentioned earlier in the week. I like that the conversion from a WAV file to an mp3 added a tinny overtone, adding to the spooky.

Sewtober

Last year, while working on motivation and changing habits, I made this quilt-pocket year-round advent calendar (the weeks go downward):

Each square is a pocket with velcro on the back, so I can switch out the squares and move them around. In each pocket, I put folded phrases like “Good job!” and “You’re reaching your goals” and some stickers or pieces of candy, and reward myself by picking something from the day’s pocket as a reward for reaching one of the day’s goals.

For this week’s quilt square, I finally made the jack-o-lantern pocket that I made a pattern for last year. I also finished a few more of the Halloween pockets I started last year but needed velcro. I took the velcro from an old jacket with a broken zipper, so I did some recycling as well. Here’s my happy jack-o-lantern:

After all these years, I’m still surprised how writing things in Experience Writing gets me to do them. Like I said, I’ve wanted to make this little pumpkin quilt square for a year, and because of coming up with the Sewtober Challenge, there he is. Thank you for motivating me, and playing along.

Happy Writober!

See you tomorrow!