Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: a Harper Lewis rogue challenge

This is my second post about this challenge, which is to write a letter breaking up with a literary character. You may take the point of view of another character, real or of your own creation; there’s no wrong way to do this. You may choose anything from a nursery rhyme to a poem to a play to an opera to a short story—you get the picture: any genre.

My goal is to edit an anthology of these, so the prize will be inclusion in the anthology. You may write as many as you want, from as many characters as you want; however, if you enter more than one from the same character, they should be decisively different.

Rhyme if you must, but know that it’s deducting points, not adding them unless it’s justified. There’s also an alliteration dictionary. It’s called the dictionary, and it’s organically organized that way, with exceptions, of course—this is English, the language that steals from other languages and shakes them down for loose idioms and spare nouns in alleys behind strip bars and all-night tattoo parlors.

The object is to have fun. I’m going to link what we have thus far for your inspiration.

I’m still writing my own as they come to me, and I encourage everyone to riff off of each other. Be serious or humorous—tone and subject are yours to choose, as they should be.

I’ll do monthly updates, sharing the entries that come in after this is posted.

Thank you for playing in my sand box.

Seriously, before you start rhyming, ask yourself if it’s necessary or effective to let terminal sound dominate. Consider the possibility that the work is stronger without it before committing.

Please post entries in the comments on this post and include a link to the challenge in your letter.