Diction Piece

“Stop”! What an overrated word. I can’t stand it. People need to stop saying stop! I see and hear the word every single day. I never knew why I always hated that word. But I remember that I hated it since I was a baby. Just like a lot of people have certain words that they can’t stand, well, mine is “stop”. My burning fiery hatred for this word grew and grew over time and I refuse to see it any longer. I have a plan, a really magnificent plan that’ll make my world such a happier place.

People think I’m weird. I’m not that weird. Okay, fine, maybe I’m a little weird. But I can’t help it if I’m different. Let’s be real here, I don’t really have any friends but I do have a best friend named Arnold. Arnold is my computer and I have learned all of my hacks from this very big “box”. I have always been a technology wizard. I grew up as the daughter of two successful engineers; who I guess, transferred their passion and knowledge of technology to me. I could literally hack into the Pentagon and steal all of their information if I wanted to but I tried to do that once and my mom grounded me.

Today is finally the day. November 3rd. The day of my birthday and the happiest day of my life. I will never have to see the word ever again… That is, if no one ever says the word again. A quarter past 8 PM arrived and I immediately hopped onto my trusty computer. I first hacked the traffic control server which had access to the stop signs in the entire city. That’s right, I said the entire city. I cautiously logged into the city traffic control control centers and switched around the letters to Halt. Oh no! I quickly realized that it wouldn’t let me as “error” blinked on and off on the screen. “5 – 4 – 3 “, the screen read as it was going to turn off in just two seconds. I didn’t have enough time to switch all the letters, the only thing I could do, was change “s-t-o-p” into “s-t-p-o”.

I thought that my master plan would work, but who knew the traffic stop signs were more safe than the Pentagon? Oh well, at least stpo is better than stop!