#TankaTuesday Weekly #Poetry Challenge No. 326, 6/27/23
This week’s Story Starter teaser is: When Ida discovered that she could hear the voices of the dead speaking to her when she tuned into a certain radio station, she decided to…
tune in every hour. She said missed her husband so much and just being able to hear his voice again would be be wonderful. She called the station to see if they could request a certain voice to hear.
Of course my dear! It’s only $100 a minute to speak to them, that is if they choose to speak to you, too!
Ida said his name was Joe Schmo and they seemed to respond immediately.
Apparently Joe has been waiting for your request!
Ida waited and then she suddenly heard her late husband’s voice: “I was wondering if you would try to contact me—and if you think I’m giving you the combination to that old safe, forget it! It’s your fault I “fell” down those basement steps! By the way, it took you five days to find me? Uh huh. Go to hell, Ida!
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http://fivedotoh.com/2023/06/27/fandangos-story-starter-103/
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And So it Began
Hurry up, my wife cooked a pot roast for tonight and I can’t wait!
You know what the mayor said, get the body in there and cover it up quick!
But isn’t this crazy? All the guy did was show up in a dress at the bar. Almost everyone there knew him and even liked him! So why all the covering up and fuss?
Why all the fuss? You would want to see a guy in a dress in a bar?
Well if he’s brave enough to do it then why not? Who really cares anyway? So he’s wearing a dress? You know those guys down in the Irish pub? Every year they dress up in kilts to celebrate their clan heritage. No one seems to take offense at that!
What’s a kilt? Is that a dress?
No, it’s a blanket fashioned into a skirt of sorts.
I guess it was just this guy’s poor luck that he was beaten to death.
Poor luck? Apparently he didn’t realize the the mayor’s henchmen’s were there. Sorry, whoever you were. Shovel faster, I want to get home and forget this nasty business.
http://christinebialczak.com/2023/06/27/simply-6-minutes-welcome-to-the-challenge-06-27-2023/
http://gmgblog.ca/2023/06/26/five-word-weekly-challenge-2326/
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Here are this week’s questions:
Gratitude: Today I am hoping for good news from my sister’s doc. She was just diagnosed with three cancers and may not be able to have treatment. It makes me grateful to be as healthy as I am.
I have no idea why when a color of font is chosen that it shows up only on certain words🤓WP🤨
Share Your World 26th June
I wasn’t as fit as I had been and started to feel miserably tired and lightheaded. Venturing higher in the wooded area I was now too tired. I thought to myself you are nuts going off on your own and then my throat agreed as I gulped water from an aluminum bottle attached to my backpack.
A riddle came to me as I leaned back on a large rock. “Into the forest I go to lose my mind and fill my soul” by John Muir. I guess that’s what I was doing, or trying at least. I did find a peace of sorts, it was so quiet there, even the birds seemed to be napping.
Suddenly a loud bang and I sat up quickly. I thought I heard a tiny whimper close by and saw a fawn laying in the grassy enclave. The deer was obviously suffering as blood spurted out near its jaw. I looked up to see a grown man near, obviously the shooter, seemingly blind to the harm he inflicted.
“What rights do you have to harm this innocent baby deer?” I yelled at the man who appeared nonchalant.
“You’re lucky I didn’t get you instead!” And then incredibly, he swung the fawn over his shoulder and walked off. I stood there for a moment, shocked, and then hurriedly made my way back to my car.
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Cellpic Sunday – Norwegian Star at Madeira
Joe never thought much about security, he only had a padlock on his storefront metal door, as there was not much crime in this part of town—everyone was older and kept to themselves, and no one had much of anything of value. He was fixing the padlock on the gate when headlights blinded him as a vehicle crept up close, not giving him room to move aside. A man jumped out of the high pickup, shoved a gun, Joe thought, into his neck, yelling “Open up!” and Joe did so. Joe dared not speak as he stood looking down to the pavement as ordered, and did not turn around as the man retrieved an item from Joe’s store and they sped off. When the police arrived asked Joe what happened, he told them, but couldn’t answer when they asked what was taken. Joe knew who and what it was, but he wasn’t talking.
https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2023/06/25/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-268/
The high rise medical building was crossing a new bridge in the development of cancer cures. Communications of the wealthy sponsors and the actual doctors on staff at the research facility was important and even though they all operated on an advanced system, responses seemed to drag on. S far there was a hope the eucalyptus flower was the solution and it certainly was an available resource. To spring forward with testing the new cures, required an eyes on approach from the benefactors and travels between the two seemed endless. The estimated timeline for an actual cancer patient to receive such cures, was in the future, probably around 2050.
The Bag Lady 
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