magisternihil's 100-word story for March 14, 2026

magisternihil wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on March 14, 2026. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

“Lettuce, chard, tomatoes, and a cucumber.” See, I didn’t have to write it down as long as I kept repeating it to myself. “Lettuce, chard, tomatoes, and a cucumber.” Oops, mind the dog. What was that song from earlier? The one that went rum-ta-tum-tum-diddle-bip-rum-tum? It’s stuck in my head. That man has a strange head. Oh, it’s a child on his shoulders. Here’s the booth. “Lettuce, tomatoes, a cucumber, and—“ Is that a person selling used books? Excellent. I wonder if they have any Vonnegut. I think I got everything. Time to peruse the books. I think that’s everything anyway.

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