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Paul J Penton – Songwriter
“Release the Muse”
Whip – Object Writing April 1st
He wrapped his fingers around the swirling grooves of the handle, feeling the divots between the splines of leather. Becoming one with the weave, letting the whip become an extension of his arm. He had the vision, but the reality was just not there yet, he tried to recall what the instructor had said – it sent him into a mild shiver at the fear of failure.
The smell of newly minted leather briefly caught in his nose as he brought it up to head height before levering his arm down again with a flicking wrist. The end of the bullwhip stroked out before him like an electricity cable severed in a storm – its untrammeled energy sweeping through the air in a frenzy – but once again he had not been able to snick the air with that familiar sound.
The tail now sat on the ground like a dormant snake – he knew he could make it come alive and bite the air with a venomous snap! Concentration kept his eyes starting at some far off spot as he ran thorugh it again in his mind. His mouth was dry through uninterrupted effort, the hand drawn back, the flick of the wrist and YES! The roll of thunder that roared from the whip sprang around the quadrangle, echoes seemed to come leaping back off walls to applaud his success….