Potted – a short story
“Potted” is a short story I wrote one afternoon when I was visiting New York City.
September 26, 2019
“Potted” is a short story I wrote one afternoon when I was visiting New York City.
Rhyming and homonym silliness created by Janine Gleason and Evangeline Pineschi.
The connotations of certain words have changed from one generation to the next.
Created by Janine Gleason and Karen Drastal.
One day when I was grocery shopping, I overheard two stock clerks in the produce section talking about their mothers. I heard one of them say, “I call my mom Betty, ‘cuz that’s her name.” And thus this short story was born.
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