Avaritia stands aloft. Spreads his thick arms. Cash rains onto the partygoers. They slurp the pools of green off his marble floor and out of his champagne fountain.
Across the crumbling city an IRS agent salivates as a judge signs his warrant.
Avaritia stands aloft. Spreads his thick arms. Cash rains onto the partygoers. They slurp the pools of green off his marble floor and out of his champagne fountain.
Across the crumbling city an IRS agent salivates as a judge signs his warrant.
J Edward Benoit 
Uh oh. The tax man is coming! I so super love this entry!
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Haha. Thank you. I don’t know if IRS agents salivate, but it made me laugh to think they do.
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Yeah, you’ve already won one of my votes. This is so fabulous, I can’t stop thinking about it.
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If this gargleblaster were made into movie, I hope Martin Scorsese directs it.
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Good directing choice. I’d cast Bradley Cooper as the IRS agent and Joel Edgerton as the cocky prize fighter.
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Ooh, so much packed in 42! Like Melanie said, you have earned another vote 🙂
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Thank you! That’s so damn nice it made me smile a real person smile.
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I was looking for someone who didn’t use ‘rain’ literally. Good one.
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Great images. I think the IRS man is going to have fun chasing down all that cash.
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Love your take on the prompt. Very clever!
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A well told cautionary tale. Karma is a bit evil.
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Love the 7 deadly sins reference – subtle and well played.
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Thanks, Nate. The story doesn’t hinge on it, but I like little details like that.
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I must admit that I had to look up Avaritia.
I enjoyed the play on words in your title.
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Brilliant use of the prompt and cleverly crafted 🙂
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slurping pools of green is so vivid! I have an image of Avaritia as somewhere between Al Capone and Hulk. Excellent use of all shades of green.
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I love that that’s the image you got! Badass.
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Avaritia – nice. As others have said, you tell a full, compelling story in this little micro story. Amazingly well done!
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For some reason I couldn’t help but to think of Jack Nicholson’s version of the joker in one of the batman movies! But then the IRS part changed it. 🙂 This was a super compelling story in such a short amount of words!
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This is such a creative take on the prompt. How fun!
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Absolutely love the image of the salivating IRS agent… a wolf at the door!
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