FREE WRITE FRIDAYS!

FREE WRITE FRIDAYS!

This is a recurring series where I free write every Friday for 10 minutes uninterrupted. No grammar or spelling corrections. Just raw writing.

Timer set. Lezgo!

Prompt: What would you do if a meteor hit Earth tomorrow?

Earth Piñata
by María José

A meteor gon kill us all tomorrow. I wonder if climate change had anything to do with this. I wonder if people will really storm Area 51 now. I sure would if I lived in New Mexico.

I think I should call everyone I know & tell them how I feel about them.
"Mom, I love you."
"Dad, I love you with conditions."
To my 4 brothers, I’d want to hug them one last time.
To my enemies, I’d tell em to bring sunscreen because hell is hot.

Maybe my family should throw a party. Fuck it. If we gon die, let’s go together. My grandma could host all of us in her house in Queens. The house I grew up in. We could all BBQ in the backyard & my tía could make a meteor piñata & we’d all take a swing. Though I guess it’d make more sense to make an Earth piñata. We’d all have a turn, take a swing. Watch it explode with candy.

I would to tell my grandma I’m sorry it took the end of the world for me to finally visit her. I’d tell my cousin to bring the best weed & edibles. I would love to see the meteor from the backyard I played in so many summer afternoons of my childhood. I’ve always said, "I was born in Queens & Ima die in Queens."

I wonder if we will all die on impact. Or if it’ll be an ice age we will have to freeze and suffer through. I hope the former. I hate the cold.

I wonder if we would cry. Probably. It’d be sad. I hope everyone I love comes to the house party. And not get depressed & panic & freeze, staying paralyzed with fear in their apartments or houses. We would have to accept the meteor. Maybe we will all come back…in the next life.

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