Three Line Tales 2-27-20

Sitting there in the dark

What genius lyrics do you spark

A hymn, a ballad, a new pop song

Charming words to sing along.

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Or will it be a story true

That brings a tear or two

Possibly a comical anecdote

Or mystical creatures so remote.

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My imagination wants to roar

But my brain is tired and sore

Maybe in morning I’ll see anew

Some new words to construe.

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Birth Records?

I say, what mockery is this

Mistreatment of reported facts

Of possible surrealist acts

I protest thy visage here

Scribed in ancient atmospheres

Be gone, oh scribe of worthless note

While the honorious you smote

What vile you spew, wrench and shape

Speak true, unwield your villainous cape

I say off with you, I give no trust

Your words are no more to me than dust.

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FFftPP – Best Laid. . .

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Joe and Jack were up to mischief again. Boys of ten and twelve never learn and this was going to be another lesson. Walking the ominous trench under the bridge, they decided to set up a trap, consisting of rope, and fish netting. The idea was to fix a looped net, and when their friends walked over it, it would snap them up.

If only they hadn’t been overheard planning this surprise, it might have been successful. Mary was passing by when she saw the two rascals acting suspiciously. She sneaked behind a tree and overheard their idea. Having been ignored by the two handsome lads, decided to get a small revenge and revealed their plans to her brother, Mike. Mike was more than happy to turn the tables on them.

Joe and Jack covered the trap with leaves and returned home. In the morning, they invited Mike and his friends to the old bridge. Luring them under, they were suddenly drawn up in the air by their own trap. Mike and Mary had changed the location the night before. After being laughed at by their peers, the boys were released and slunk home, embarrassed.

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MLMM Wordle #169

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Quite confident in the process of phronesis, Walter decided he would easily attain the constituents’ vote. Various eyes were on him at all times, especially news reporters he used as a source for his popular views.

Most newsworthy venues were baffled and would shrink from the endless parade of hurtful comments, smelly accusations and everyday bite from his tweets, but Walter never even blinked and hoisted them onto his MAGA hat thinking it was just another feather in his cap.

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