Lot's of stuff was going down. The prompt, ARTICHOKE for 
Like I said, it's been a long day, so, hope you enjoy my minds meanderings...
Pinpoints exploding into stars breaking into the nights darkness. The ratatatat of lead being thrown through the air filling the quiet gaps.
The young man sat, gun cradled in his lap, back to rough muddy earth. indistinguishable from another who sat to his left, and to his right, he held something close to his face.
His darling love. So cute and so far away. It had all happened so quick and now here he was.
The trench brightened and darkened in the fast cycles of boom and hush, boom and hush. He could hear a few crying, faces hidden by helmets and hands. One man at the end of the line crouched, reaching his face carefully over the edge above.
Not like him. All he wanted to do was get back home. To his wife. To his life. A job with his dad selling cars at the dealer at the end of the block.
Figures in the murky black creeping towards them. The young mans shoulders tensed, fear putting his body into a fierce shiver. It was now! His brain scrambled for what to do.
Then a soft thump and his eyes glanced down. An orange sized artichoke shaped device lay there. Nubby, fuse shortening quickly.
That was a bit of fun for me, and no idea where the idea came from. A young man, at war, wishing he was home, then, a moment where...well, not quite sure. Did he survive? Did he perish? Dang five minute timer on The most dangerous writing app
No deep thoughts on this one or anything. Maybe it's my subconscious thinking about the potential war with North Korea or other coming conflicts...sigh
Hope everyone's having a great day/night!
Michael
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