Weekend Writing Prompt #333 – Whisper
by rugby843 2-16-17
One of the things that makes cold less dire
Is having a cord of cut wood for a fire
If keeping warm is an absolute must
You need a good axe you can trust
A good set in handle, no junk
A wedge for splitting the big hunks
Grabbing the kindling you might get a splinter
Just one of the hazards to stay warm in the winter.
https://allaboutwritingandmore.blog/2017/02/16/daily-word-prompt-13-winter/
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http://fivedotoh.com/2023/10/13/fandangos-flashback-friday-october-13th/
The Ku Klux Klan has utilized a variety of symbols over its history.
The Ku Klux Klan commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan is the name of several historical and current white supremacist and hate groups. Their primary targets are African-Americans, Hispanics, Jews, Latinos, Asian Americans, native Americans, Italian, Americans, Irish Americans, and Catholics as well as immigrants, leftists, homosexuals, Muslims, atheists, and abortion providers.
The Duke Flag, used by some in the Third Klan and named after former leader, David Duke and the blood drop cross is shown below.
The Primary symbol used by the clan for the past century has been the Mystic Insignia of a Klansman, commonly known as the Blood Drop Cross, a white cross on a red disk with what appears to be a blood drop in the middle. It was first used in the early 1900s, with the symbol in the center originally appearing as a red and white ting yang which in the subsequent years, lost the white part and was reinterpreted as a “blood drop”. The blood drop symbolizes blood shed for the white race.
Other hate symbols here: https://www.theiacp.org/
Jon Bon Jovi wrote the song in a hotel room while suffering from a hangover and the lyrics reflect his feelings at the time. The song contains drawn out guitar riffs and soft piano playing, along with emotive and high vocals by Jon Bon Jovi.
Lyrics:
Sitting here wasted and wounded
At this old piano
Trying hard to capture
The moment this morning I don’t know
‘Cause a bottle of Vodka’s still lodged in my head
And some blonde gave me nightmares
Think that she’s still in my bed
As I dream about movies
They won’t make of me when I’m dead
With an ironclad fist
I wake up and french kiss the morning
While some marching band keeps its own beat in my head
While we’re talking
About all of the things that I long to believe
About love, the truth, what you mean to me
And the truth is
Baby you’re all that I need
I want to lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I’ll sleep on a bed of nails
Oh I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses
Well I’m so far away
Each step that I take is on my way home
A king’s ransom in dimes, I’d give each night
To see through this payphone
Still I run out of time
Or it’s hard to get through
Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you
I’ll just close my eyes and whisper
“Baby, blind love is true”
I want to lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I’ll sleep on a bed of nails
Oh I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses
Well this hotel bar’s hangover whiskey’s gone dry
The barkeeper’s wig’s crooked
And she’s giving me the eye
Well I might have said yeah
But I laughed so hard I think I died
Ooh yeah
Now as you close your eyes
Know I’ll be thinking about you
While my mistress she calls me
To stand in her spotlight again
Tonight I won’t be alone
But you know that don’t mean I’m not lonely
I’ve got nothing to prove
For it’s you that I’d die to defend
I want to lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I’ll sleep on a bed of nails
I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down
I want to lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I’ll sleep on a bed of nails
I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down
On a bed of roses
Source: Musixmatch
Artist: George Gershwin Awards: Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical Genres: Classical, Jazz
George Gershwin,born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs “Swanee” (1919) and “Fascinating Rhythm” (1924), the jazz standards “Embraceable You” (1928) and “I Got Rhythm” (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit “Summertime“.Gershwin moved to Hollywood and composed numerous film scores. He died in 1937, only 38 years old, of a brain tumor
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Yes, WordPress! I had a poem all spaced out for Moonlight Musings, with the photo above and some type of symbol turned up I couldn’t get rid of. It ended up deleting the whole poem leaving the photo. I was trying to replace the photo and the poetry part just disappeared. I guess it’s time to screenshot everything again. All of these new things on the bottom of the screen – most I know, but odd stuff just appears. This particular symbol boxes everything in and won’t let me see the whole screen to write more. I need help — a daily plea from me for WP, but anyone know how to fix this?
I decided to watch all the Marvel movies in order and tonight I’m watching Antman from 2015. My favorite character in this movie is Luis portrayed by Michael Peña. He is an excellent actor and fits himself well into different roles. Of course Paul Rudd has that ability also and plays Antman. Have some laughs and enjoy!
For the visually challenged writer, the image depicts a gray cat with white belly and yellow eyes sitting to the left of two canvas portraits leaned up against a wall. The cat faces us and has her right ear turned slightly as if she’s heard a sound. The portraits show cats wearing a very baroque style of dress: an orange cat with bright green eyes wearing a jacket with a flouncy white neck scarf, and the gray cat with yellow eyes wearing a gown with many embellishments and a ruff collar.
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“I say Reginald, is that a portrait of your mother or is that your uncle and his wife? Quite posh! I never find any type of clothing comfortable so you would never see my image in such a fashion! By the way, you are looking sleek and mahvelus!”
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Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #237
The Bag Lady 
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