fresh water coming down
hello old green moldy one
bright green ferns a gift for you
while children play on colorful boards
under your watchful tutoring
not too deep, warm, just right
purple lichen add to this charm
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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #080
Imagine if you had some pride
President T by your side
Every word he says is a lie
You’re standing there, but want to hide
He glances with a look so snide
His speech with pressure plied
No longer can you abide…him!
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Meaning, when is congress going to get rid of this monster?
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The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS April 4, 2026
I’m the chairman of the board
Don’t think of me as master or lord
I’ll rule as honestly as I can
Every day of my four year span
Ignore men in uniform with guns
They won’t bother you or your little ones
They simply want to keep the peace
If taken you’ll soon be released
It’s a check for skin I like
No black or brown, only white
After you’re checked may be detained
I’m chairman and it is my reign
Uh, excuse my language, and it’s content
I’m only the president.
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Writing Prompts
“Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.” Stephen Wright
Photo Fiction – April 2, 2017
“If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?” Stephen Wright
Susan looked up to the metal basket with fear, an old fear that now replayed in her brain, of old trips to the woodshed to fill the metal can with small pieces of wood. It was a scary errand. Grandmother knew how frightening it was for Susan, but still insistent on her doing the chore. In the woodshed hung huge hairy spiders, sitting on their ancient webs, hoping for a fly or bee for their next meal. Susan had an inordinate fear of spiders in general, even tiny ones inside the house. Seeing the container, she couldn’t help but shudder.
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3 April 2026
“A clear conscience is usually a good sign of a bad memory.” Stephen Wright
spring green leaf uncurls
peers out from a rain turned frost
soft, vulnerable
coaxes out it’s velvet spread
suddenly ice storm batters
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Poetics: False Spring
The Bag Lady 
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