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Tag: National Novel Writing Month

NaNoWriMo 2013: Knee Deep, Installment 1

Posted on November 3, 2013November 25, 2013 By Brody No Comments on NaNoWriMo 2013: Knee Deep, Installment 1

In the purple November twilight, the abomination rising on the east side of Interstate 95 looked to Jim Larman more like the familiar silhouette of his youth: a great sombrero atop the 200-foot tower of the roadside attraction formerly known as Nico’s Natural Wonderland.

But then, inevitably, the rosy pink neon and spotlights switched on, laying bare the truth of the monument’s evolution.

Now, the cone of the sombrero was a freakishly pointy metal breast – one that would’ve felt right at home in Madonna’s bra in that old “Express Yourself” video, he mused. Atop the dark nipple, a crimson aircraft hazard light blinked its soft warning for planes that might be coming from or going to Cypress Knee Municipal Airport or the Wings Over Florida retirement community north of town.

The brim of the sombrero had become a glazed brown doughnut with candy-colored sprinkles and swirls of white frosting.

A billboard beckoning motorists off the highway at Exit 325 proclaimed: NAUGHTY NICO’S WILD WORLD.

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