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Writing prompt this week: You have been informed that you are pregnant

Go fave the origional authors work at the link below if you enjoy! They deserve the credit for the work, so let them know!
https://inkbunny.net/s/1952703

Posted using PostyBirb", "writing": "Agreements are made when moneys are paid\n\nin exchange for the work of my pen.\n\nCommissions l gained, grotesque and mundane\n\nportraying the longings of Men.\n\nAlthough l have had affairs good and bad,\n\nyet the strangest accruing to me\n\nwas Renee de la Frere, for whom l would bear\n\nmy terrible dark pregnancy. \n\n\n\nOf Dame de la Frere; there's little to share,\n\nAs any commissioner knows - \n\nOur clients assume a fake nom de plume,\n\nRenee was the one that she chose. \n\nShe showed not her face, but fain would amaze\n\nmy muse through command of her quill,\n\ninspiring wit; to fave and critique...\n\nA fellow colleague in the field\n\n\n\nTo whom l would tell anxieties fel;\n\nEnough to confound or enrage\n\nCreators as we: the bleak scrutiny\n\nattained when l crumple a page\n\nunaltered and white, revealing my plight--\n\nO how she would giggle to see\n\nthe curses I'd say to hasten away\n\nthis drought which alighted on me.\n\n\n\nOn one such a day I courted Renee,\n\nmade reckless by clients and need\n\n``Ideas will not run, till writer-block's done,''\n\nQuoth I, ``What l would to be rid\n\nof villain accursed; this block is the worst - ''\n\nLa Frere then replied thus to me\n\n``Should writer's block leave, what then wilt thou give?''\n\n``The firstborn related to thee?''\n\n\n\nNow let it be said that l was no maid,\n\nno maiden or lass or betrothed - \n\nA bachelor then; and clearly a man,\n\nsuch was the response that l wove:\n\nOne safe enough then; for l did not plan\n\nto wed or be burdened with child\n\nor infant or sprat - ``what say you to that?''\n\nThus would our troubles beguile.\n\n \n\n``The bargain is struck. Mortal Man, you're in luck - \n\nSuch favour would l show to thee\n\nas one who should dare; their suit thus to bear\n\nbefore my relations and me.\n\nAlthough it's an age, since men would engage\n\nour audience on Mount Helicon\n\nwhere Hesiod once did. As then our seed\n\nshall root and be pregnant hereon.''\n\n\n\nShe seemed so sincere, I couldn't say, ``Here,\n\nyou sure you're not pulling my leg?''\n\nNaught else would she say in Discord that day,\n\nsave `now our bargain is made'. \n\nThose words which l read conspired and bred\n\ndisquiet in one such as me\n\nthat night on the LAN, where I conceived then\n\nCalliope's dark progeny.\n\n\n\nPregnancy fair, (as I'm sure you're aware,)\n\nis perceived as a boon and a curse.\n\nThose fortnights which passed in fever aghast\n\nranked surely alongside the worst.\n\nI battled the chills, the cramps and the spills,\n\ninfused in creativity\n\nas line after line exited a mind\n\nin such undeterred urgency\n\n\n\nI labored and strove, delivered and drove\n\nnine months, with a week give or take,\n\nencountering squirts, occasional spurts\n\nof one I endeavored to slake. \n\nA bargain was made, a debt to be paid\n\nwhich hung like a burden on me\n\nO how l would nurse those letters accursed,\n\ntheir yet unresolved legacy\n\n\n\nThe letters piled high, the weeds to the sky,\n\nwell-wishers I sent far away. \n\nEntreated to fare to hence god-knows-where,\n\nrepeated, ``Not now, not today,''\n\nFor fires burn hot, and muse must be caught\n\nafore She supposes to go...\n\nThose nine months of hell I loved; loathed as well,\n\nas mothers perchance yet may know\n\n\n\nThus came to The-End, and stoppered my pen\n\nwith rather a sigh of relief:\n\nThe manuscript done, the madness has run\n\nits course was the thought l conceived. \n\nNo more need l slave for tribute I crave,\n\nsaw I that the story was Good\n\nAlas when l found, disinterest around\n\nwhen audience scarce understood\n\n\n\nAs you would expect, I then recollect\n\nthe bargain l now call accursed:\n\nTo sacrifice there my child to La Frere,\n\nnot reading the smaller print first.\n\nThat work which I made, was not of my stead,\n\ncommissioned by callous Renee\n\nwho's empowered to act, and rightly collect\n\nrewards once allotted to me\n\n\n\nSo writers beware, and artists have care\n\nlest careless transactions are made\n\nI curse yet the day, I first met Renee\n\nsurrendering thus to her stead.\n\nWhere words are my trade, commissions my bed,\n\nthe strangest I ever did see\n\nwas that I would bear to Ms De la Frere:\n\nThat firstborn she swindled from me", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "Agreements are made when moneys are paid

in exchange for the work of my pen.

Commissions l gained, grotesque and mundane

portraying the longings of Men.

Although l have had affairs good and bad,

yet the strangest accruing to me

was Renee de la Frere, for whom l would bear

my terrible dark pregnancy.



Of Dame de la Frere; there's little to share,

As any commissioner knows -

Our clients assume a fake nom de plume,

Renee was the one that she chose.

She showed not her face, but fain would amaze

my muse through command of her quill,

inspiring wit; to fave and critique...

A fellow colleague in the field



To whom l would tell anxieties fel;

Enough to confound or enrage

Creators as we: the bleak scrutiny

attained when l crumple a page

unaltered and white, revealing my plight--

O how she would giggle to see

the curses I'd say to hasten away

this drought which alighted on me.



On one such a day I courted Renee,

made reckless by clients and need

``Ideas will not run, till writer-block's done,''

Quoth I, ``What l would to be rid

of villain accursed; this block is the worst - ''

La Frere then replied thus to me

``Should writer's block leave, what then wilt thou give?''

``The firstborn related to thee?''



Now let it be said that l was no maid,

no maiden or lass or betrothed -

A bachelor then; and clearly a man,

such was the response that l wove:

One safe enough then; for l did not plan

to wed or be burdened with child

or infant or sprat - ``what say you to that?''

Thus would our troubles beguile.

  

``The bargain is struck. Mortal Man, you're in luck -

Such favour would l show to thee

as one who should dare; their suit thus to bear

before my relations and me.

Although it's an age, since men would engage

our audience on Mount Helicon

where Hesiod once did. As then our seed

shall root and be pregnant hereon.''



She seemed so sincere, I couldn't say, ``Here,

you sure you're not pulling my leg?''

Naught else would she say in Discord that day,

save `now our bargain is made'.

Those words which l read conspired and bred

disquiet in one such as me

that night on the LAN, where I conceived then

Calliope's dark progeny.



Pregnancy fair, (as I'm sure you're aware,)

is perceived as a boon and a curse.

Those fortnights which passed in fever aghast

ranked surely alongside the worst.

I battled the chills, the cramps and the spills,

infused in creativity

as line after line exited a mind

in such undeterred urgency



I labored and strove, delivered and drove

nine months, with a week give or take,

encountering squirts, occasional spurts

of one I endeavored to slake.

A bargain was made, a debt to be paid

which hung like a burden on me

O how l would nurse those letters accursed,

their yet unresolved legacy



The letters piled high, the weeds to the sky,

well-wishers I sent far away.

Entreated to fare to hence god-knows-where,

repeated, ``Not now, not today,''

For fires burn hot, and muse must be caught

afore She supposes to go...

Those nine months of hell I loved; loathed as well,

as mothers perchance yet may know



Thus came to The-End, and stoppered my pen

with rather a sigh of relief:

The manuscript done, the madness has run

its course was the thought l conceived.

No more need l slave for tribute I crave,

saw I that the story was Good

Alas when l found, disinterest around

when audience scarce understood



As you would expect, I then recollect

the bargain l now call accursed:

To sacrifice there my child to La Frere,

not reading the smaller print first.

That work which I made, was not of my stead,

commissioned by callous Renee

who's empowered to act, and rightly collect

rewards once allotted to me



So writers beware, and artists have care

lest careless transactions are made

I curse yet the day, I first met Renee

surrendering thus to her stead.

Where words are my trade, commissions my bed,

the strangest I ever did see

was that I would bear to Ms De la Frere:

That firstborn she swindled from me", "pools_count": 0, "title": "An Unusual Pregnancy", "deleted": "f", "public": "t", "mimetype": "text/plain", "pagecount": "1", "rating_id": "0", "rating_name": "General", "ratings": [], "submission_type_id": "12", "type_name": "Writing - Document", "guest_block": "f", "friends_only": "f", "comments_count": "0", "views": "79" }