Loveday Writing

Write about the varied reactions of different people to an event, without telling us what the event is.**

Mauerspecht (Wallpecker)

Today was supposed to be peaceful, but I couldn’t help resorting to a little bit of violence.

Days ago, I would have been shot for what I’d done, but now it didn’t matter. The guard lying on the ground just stared at me, shocked at the “winzig frau” (tiny woman) that managed to shove him with one hand.

I could’ve celebrated by driving across the border with my friends, instead I replaced my fabric sign with a hammer and chisel, and got to work. New world established, I felt the old, the Wall keeping me in, owed me a piece.

**Reference: Marsden J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.