Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is
“Bald, Balled, Bawled”
Use one. Use two or use them all any way you’d like. If you manage to use all three, I’ll slide you some bonus points. Enjoy!
The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS August 15, 2026
Bald, Balled, Bawled
I stared at the three words.
Bald. Balled. Bawled.
Well, that’s just asking for trouble. 😂
So naturally my brain immediately produced a bald man who had balled up a piece of paper and then bawled because he’d thrown away the winning lottery ticket.
There.
All three.
Bonus points, please. 🤣
But now my stream of consciousness refuses to stop.
Why was he bald?
Completely irrelevant.
Yet my brain wants a backstory.
Perhaps he’d been trying to cut his own hair and something went terribly wrong.
We’ve all had those moments when we think, How difficult can it be?
Five minutes later you’re standing in front of the mirror thinking,
Oh.
Apparently quite difficult.
Then comes the lottery ticket.
He checks the numbers.
Nothing.
Balls it up.
Throws it away.
Then somebody announces there has been a mistake with one of the numbers.
He freezes.
Looks at the bin.
Looks at the television.
Looks at the bin again.
And suddenly this poor bald man is digging through coffee grounds, yesterday’s dinner and something in the back that probably became self-aware three days ago.
Finally, he finds it.
He opens the balled-up ticket.
He checks the numbers.
Once.
Twice.
Three times.
And bawls.
He won.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how three innocent words turned into an entire story inside my head.
Welcome to my brain.
Please keep your arms and legs inside the ride at all times. 🤣💜
With love, coffee, poetry, and stardust,
— Maggie The Afterlove Voice 💫
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