Alternatives

This story was written for Trifecta’s weekend prompt, in which we were to write 33 words inspired by the Rolling Stones song “Sympathy for the Devil.”  Inspired by is such a wonderfully vague term.   Also, my muse may have pulled in a reference to one of my favorite works by C.S. Lewis. Enjoy!

“But I don’t want to be an angel!” she protested. “All that shiny halo s…stuff.”

“You want the Other Place maybe?  Randomly turning into a large centipede?”

“Well, no…. not exactly…..ew.”