The Bag Lady

His skateboard trick balancing a goblet while eating a mango would work fine—but keys on the sidewalk did him in.

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Can You Tell A Story In…

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I chose number 4:

I so love the chore of cleaning floors.

I can’t think of anything I’d like to do more!

Well I probably shocked you with that last bit,

But wheeling myself with a vacuum is a welcomed trick

And let’s not forget I use a mop, a Swiffer

Getting off stains takes strong arms, stiffened

To scrub and scrub and then see it’s clean

What a delight! I mean…

Mopping and then rolling over it to create more work

You probably think I’m a jerk!

But as most things in life you have to agree

A clean floor satisfies a selfish need

It started when I was a child

My mother’s cleaning was never mild

Scrub till it shines was her advice

That’s what I think when my floors’ look nice.

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Writer’s Workshop Prompts for August 1, 2024

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Writing Prompts

How come you’re so rigid?

Why are you so stubborn

Can’t you even listen

To the cries of those so burdened?

You have been a leader

In the worst of sense

I hope you never get that chance again

And good caring leaderships commence.

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Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Rigid

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July 31, a sad day for me

Forty-eight years ago, I see with grief

A long time, you think, but I’ll never forget

The mother I knew but realize we never really met

Leaving home early, and I was happy to go

But I was young and what did I know

I miss her still today.

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Poetics: Picking up the Pieces

I can do okay unless the scent

Of my favorite which is sent

To me or see it on someone’s plate

My stomach begs, ready to sate

My desire of the forbidden food

And swiping it off someone’s plate is rude.

Oh well, I turn away and sigh

No need to add to my thighs

I look at my own plate, greens upon ya,

Which I love but they’re no lasagna!

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Poetic license?😂

W3 Prompt #118: Wea’ve Written Weekly

One-Liner Wednesday – Particularly pretty

Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Coming or going

Jaded

I don’t know if I’ve seen the light

Look at rainbows, they’re pretty tight

Sometimes it’s hard doing what’s right

But if you try, you might be satisfactory.

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Ovi Poetry Challenge 59: LIGHT is your inspiration.

“The heat has been on high this summer and doesn’t show signs of stopping. Heat waves continue to worsen in parts of the world with breaking temperature records all season. Beating the heat has been on many people’s minds, including ours, which is why we asked for your tips and tricks to stay cool without air conditioning”

🧊 Mother Nature is your friend. Seek out bodies of water, lakes, beaches and rivers.
🧊 Your freezer might have the answers. Freeze wet towels and take them to bed or go to sleep with an ice pack under your pillow on warm nights.
🧊 Take a cube and fan it. Step one: Get a pan, tray or dish and put cold water or an ice block in it. Step two: Put it in front of a fan and blow the cool air in your direction.
🧊 Create shade. Add blackout curtains to the side of your home that gets direct sunlight. 
🧊 Wear a wet scarf or neck wrap around your neck to stay cool.
🧊 Put a bottle of frozen water on your lap, put your feet in a large
pan of cold water or soak in a tub of cold water.

🧊 “Hair is a gigantic evaporative wick.”
Leave your hair wet after getting out of the bath.”

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