Joe bent down and picked something up. “This single feather could be as sharp as a razor on the sidewalk.” Joe had lived on the street too long and had many thoughtful and lonely days. It wasn’t long before a van pulled up and Joe disappeared. Did Joe see the future?
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OLWG# 424- A Victorian Christmas
There was a boy, he was named Tim
He was tall, hairy and very thin.
His girlfriend, she was quite tiny
Her name was Sue and she was whiny
“Get your awful hair cut, you need a trim!”
So he just left her, on a whim.
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Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!
The rattle of thunder and rush in the river was radar for the string of happenings to come. The haunted eyes, circled in black, the white skin stretched like pebbles over bones tips me off to what’s next. Some say it is only a legend, but when sharp tips of bony wings swing toward you very fast, ripping into your safe reality, you’ll believe anything!
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Wordle 712
Fasten your seatbelt was the cry
As a flash of a stop sign flew by
Go faster said the genius in back
And then I realized the driver’s lack
Wasn’t wearing his glasses
As the country side passes
I suddenly spy
And offer a cry
There’s a ditch you can’t see
Guy in back agreed
And then we all landed at the edge of a sea!
This tale is short, not a great ending
When your ride is quickly descending
Driver should not be dim sighted,
Driving too fast and frankly, delighted.
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Three Things Challenge #MM104
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One senyru and one haiku:
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he can climb mountains
so tackled with confidence
the slide did him in
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cold and jagged peaks
contrast soft yellow blossoms
nature’s conundrum
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SenHai Saturday #11
“Brace yourself Matilda, I’m coming in!” Matilda opened the rickety wooden door and held it aside. Her husband trudged in, soaking wet from the storm.
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Weekend Writing Prompt #422 – Brace
Word list: Collar, kettle, prayer, boots, street lamp, newspaper, biscuit, mutter, scrape, hesitate, lean, shiver, press, glance, stiff, damp, pale, awkwardly, gently, suddenly, below.
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Joe gently ruffed up the collar of his jacket and donned his prayer boots, damp from a scrape with the mailman earlier. He noticed he felt stiff and looked pale after this altercation, so decided a trip to church was due. He felt a shiver down his spine as he suddenly realized exactly what had and had not happened.
He was just leaning against a street lamp when he decided to stop the mailman on his route to see if he’d gotten any letters. Apparently the mailman thought he was being accosted, and awkwardly pushed Joe back against the metal lamp. Joe didn’t hesitate as he reacted quickly.
Then both men glanced around them, seeing that an audience appeared. It ended in an embarrassed expression on both their faces, and muttered apologies.
Joe offered the mailman a spot of tea, and put on the kettle with a tray of biscuits. The mailman was happy for the break from the rainy morning route. On the table below his teacup, Joe read the ironic newspaper headlines – “Thugs Are On The Street – Beware”. They both had a laugh.
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60 words using the following words in it somewhere:
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They were exiting the hotel after a raucous bingo game and saw an orange chicken cross their path. “Oh my” remarked Jinger, “that chicken looks frantic and my ears can’t stand that squawking!”
“Well this is where cults practice voodoo…maybe it’s running for its life!” The couple took a long look in both directions and decided to head back inside.
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