She caught your eye like one of those pointy hook
latches that used to dangle from screen doors and would
fly up whenever you banged the door open again.
(R.M., Fairfax Station)
The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly
the way a bowling ball wouldn't.
(R.B., Springfield)
McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a
Hefty Bag filled with vegetable soup.
(P.S., Silver Spring)
From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene
had an eerie, surreal quality, like when you're on
vacation in another city and "Jeopardy" comes on at 7
pm instead of 7:30.
(R.A., Washington)
Her hair glistened in the rain like nose hair after a
sneeze.
(C.S., Woodbridge)
Her eyes were like two brown circles with big black
dots in the center.
(R.B., Springfield)
Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.
(Unknown)
He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree.
(J.B., Chevy Chase)
The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like
maggots when you fry them in hot grease.
(G.H., Silver Spring)
Her date was pleasant enough, but she knew that if her
life was a movie, this guy would be buried in the
credits as something like "Second Tall Man."
(R.B., Springfield)
Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers
raced across the grassy field toward each other like
two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at
6:36 pm traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at
4:19 pm at a speed of 35 mph.
(J.H., Arlington)
The politician was gone but unnoticed, like the period
after the Dr. on a Dr Pepper can.
(W.G., Madison, Ala.)
They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood with
picket fences that resembled Nancy Kerrigan's teeth.
(P.K., Syracuse)
John and Mary had never met. They were like two
hummingbirds who had also never met.
(R.B., Springfield)
The thunder was ominous-sounding, much like the sound
of a thin sheet of metal being shaken backstage during
the storm scene in a play.
(B.F., Alexandria)
His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking
alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling
Free.
(C.S., Woodbridge)
The red brick wall was the color of a brick-red Crayola
crayon.
(Unknown)
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