Polly is in the bathroom making a potion.
She's going to feed it to her brother.
Shampoo
Bubblebath
Toothpaste
Mouthwash
Hand soap
The colours are pearlescent and aquatic, medicinal and pastel. Green-blue blue-green.
The toothpaste has glitter in it.
They swirl together in the glass jar and she shakes it
into sea-foam.
It will turn him into a fish.
And she'll flush him down the toilet.
She utters some magic words under her breath
and goes to find her brother.
Her father finds her first.
He takes her potion and
flushes it down the toilet
(sparkly turquoise waterfall).
Polly sighs and hopes
the sewer rats enjoy their new lives
as fish.
I am going to write a story of some variety, long or short, fictitious or factual, every single day for a year. Wish me luck.
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