Tap Tap Tapping · 13 June 2026
As she sat within her room
The deadline o’er her did loom
The sword of Damocles hanging
Would surely spell her doom.
Her editor her nemesis was
Always fussing just because
She waited for the latest time
And this did always cause a buzz.
For ever there had been a tapping
Somebody’s pen his desk was rapping
Causing her such consternation
Because her boss thought she was napping.
And each and every day she thought
That life should never be this fraught
With such incessant tap tap tapping
That should make her think of aught.
But no, her thoughts did always yield
To ideas flung so far afield
But never to the task at hand
Oh she wished she had some kind of shield.
Then she would rack her brain no more
Her ship would dock upon the shore
The story she was writing came
Despite the tap tap tapping evermore.
But one day, she thought of Poe’s dark raven
And how she was so weak, so frail, so craven
But now she would be forevermore
Encouraged and ever braven.
For to the tapper she said, “Nevermore.”
As she threw his pen upon the floor
“Nevermore shall you be tap tap tapping!
Thus declares the brave Lenore!”
The others cheered around the floor
The tapping would cease forevermore
None would be bothered. No nevermore.
Because of the wonderful, brave Lenore.
[The only sound was the incessant tapping, distracting her from her thoughts.
Using any plot or setting you like, write a story which focuses strongly on what the protagonist can hear. Consider how your writing style reflects this distraction.
DailyPrompt prompt]
© 2026 Michael T. Miyoshi
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