Poetry Writing Prompt, #20 of 30!

I want to keep pushing the magical realism prompts this week, with a deep purple sadness that the master of magical realism won’t be writing more books, and also a joy of what Gabriel García Márquez left behind for us to delight in.

So, consider some of the fairytale conceits that either tickle or boggle you: a witch who eats children, a boy who never grows up, a girl the size of a thumb. Write down at least five.

Now, slightly adjust the fairytale to fit your own life. Does depression feel like you are the size of a thumb — how do you move about your day when you are that small? Is there someone in your life who is mean to waitstaff - who feasts on ‘lesser’ people - would you say they eat children? Are you the boy who won’t grow up - what happens as those around you get old and have families?

What makes magical realism exciting (to me) is that it isn’t complete magic or ridiculousness or nonsense, there is enough grounding in the real world to make the magic part feel real too.

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