Drabble Challenge #317: Bask

A Drabble is a concise 100-word story that respects your busy schedule. Your presence here matters. Please stay on the page for thirty seconds so you will count as a reader. Thank you.

This story will end with “Stop.”

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My mother taught me always to do the right thing.

And to never bask in someone else’s glory.

Today, I’m 82.

Mom is long gone.

Whenever I feel guilty, I sit by the sea.

The never-ending blue calms and clarifies my thinking.

After thirty minutes, my tightened muscles begin to relax.

I can use his title for my story about an old man sitting by the sea without breaking copyright laws.

But should I?

Maybe I can change a couple of words.

What do you think, Mom?

Also, Grammarly said I shouldn’t use old man; older is better.

Stop!

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Note: Yes, we can use book titles without breaking copyright rules. (source). Ernest Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea is fair game. So I can, but should I?