They call themselves the Lemon Queens, bitter as a lemon and twice as nasty. Don’t get me wrong. I love lemons. I even eat the rind. But those two with their cursing, spitting and hostility give lemons a bad name.
I have no intention of kneeling to these queens to pacify them. That’s just what they want. That’s just what they’re not going to get.
We arrested them last night. They hurled a trash can through a store window. Their lawyer insisted they were peaceful protesters. Then someone bailed them out. Now someone will have to arrest them again.
Linked to Carrot Ranch’s August 27 Flash Fiction Challenge where Charli Mills offers the theme of “Lemon Queens” for these 99-word stories.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
This sounds very topical Frank. It took my imagination 💜
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Scenes like that pop in the news a lot lately in the US. Thank you, Willow!
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Sadly they do Frank 💜
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Nicely done, Frank. I like the though about giving lemons a bad name.
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I do like the sour taste of lemons. Thank you, Dan!
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The zing of the zest
is surely the best
of all of the smells in the world!
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I do like lemons. Thank you, Peter!
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Good story!
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Thank you!
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Wow, great story, Frank! I’ve used grated lemon peel in recipes–but you eat the rind?
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Yes, I like the rind better than the lemon juice. Thank you!
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You’re welcome:)
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I hope someone does arrest them again, Frank, they sound like a bad lot.
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As I imagined them, they are. Thank you, Robbie!
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Clever use of the idea that something could give the tartness of lemons a bad name. Plucked from the headlines, too. I find this interesting material to explore in the literary realm.
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Thank you, Charli!
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It must be very difficult for those who try to maintain law and order when the offenders are just released to reoffend.
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I imagine is must be, even for the local citizens. Thank you, Norah!
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Oh Lord There’s Always The 7 Percent
That Cause the Trouble But Of Course
As Empirical Science Shows 93 Percent
of all the Protests Were totally Peaceful..:)
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Thank you, Fred!
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🎶😁
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