The Bag Lady

Abs, abs, abs—is that all a body is? Speaking as a disabled person I have NO “abs” and I recently watched part of a new Disney series with Chris Hemsworth and find there is a certain appeal to having abs.😂.

The series is quite interesting focusing on different ways to lead a longer healthier life, involving some techniques I dare not try. The first episode however, considers how to control your stress levels and I think it possible for everyone to benefit from the methods seen. Check it out, with or without abs.

“In the six-part docuseries Limitless With Chris Hemsworth, the actor spends a year pushing his body to various limits in order to unlock the human body’s potential. He deals with his stress, tests his strength, sees if fasting helps extend life, and more.”

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS June 24, 2023

TLT 22 Jun 2023

Oh the dentist chair

An enviable lair

With a view sublime

Yes, it’s tooth pain time.

They escort you in

Say, “lift your chin”

They attach a bib

Their smile is glib

Then he turns his back

While a needle he jacks.

“Open wide”  he says with a smile

You’re getting more nervous all the while

Couldn’t I just have gas instead?

“No, I think it would mess with your head”

So I close my eyes and grip the chair

Try to focus on something not there

As the pain rises, so does my dread

Almost done?  Pain fools with my head

I try to stay still as the needle pokes

Again and again, and it envokes

More pain with no numbing relief

I can’t take much more, good grief!

I try to relax my hands on the arms

The chair’s upholstery might come to harm

I don’t want to squirm, might make it worse

I wonder if dentists ever rehearse.

I’ve heard of the colleges and schools

The volunteer patients must be fools!

I know dentists have a job to do

Keeping teeth healthy for me and you

But there’s been no advances in many years

That whining drill still hurts my ears

And couldn’t there be a numbing solution 

Before using needles in this institution?

I suppose I’ll just have to grin and bear it

But it’s frightening to have to dare it

Either that or a toothless grin

You see the predicament that I’m in?

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http://fivedotoh.com/2023/06/23/fandangos-flashback-friday-june-23rd/

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W3 Prompt #60: Wea’ve Written Weekly

No need to wonder, the mosaic of the current government has been harmfully vitiated by a former president. Beginning with an ounce of hate speech, lewd behavior, lies and irrational actions, he has taken the level of human dignity down into a result of worthlessness. Before the 2016 election, prior to the outing of unhinged, radical outbursts of the morons of society, we were fighting to return dignity to every citizen.

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https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/06/22/three-things-challenge-m367/Your three words today are: FORMER PRIOR BEFORE

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2023/06/22/ragtag-daily-prompt-thursday-vitiated/

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2023/06/22/result/Jo

Your Daily Word Prompt – #Irrational- #YDWordPrompt June 22, 2023

http://fivedotoh.com/2023/06/22/fowc-with-fandango-ounce/

http://cyranny.com/2023/06/22/mosaic-word-of-the-day-challenge/

#TankaTuesday #Ekphrastic #Poetry Challenge No. 325, 6/20/23

This week’s Story Starter teaser is: Dana, in her entire life, never imagined that something of this magnitude would ever happen to her. She looked it over carefully, searching for her reading glasses to be sure. 13, yes, 33, yes, 41, 23, 16, 44! Yes yes yes! She looked back at the television and repeated the lottery numbers and promptly fainted. Her husband Joe came home at that moment to find her on the floor, still. He called 911 when he couldn’t get his wife to respond. Then he saw something clutched in her hand. After thirty years of her buying a lottery ticket every night on her way home he could hardly believe it. Of course Dana woke up and it was celebration time!

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http://fivedotoh.com/2023/06/20/fandangos-story-starter-102/

http://christinebialczak.com/2023/06/20/simply-6-minutes-welcome-to-the-challenge-06-20-2023/

http://gmgblog.ca/2023/06/20/four-line-fiction-2325/

I’m borrowing from Claytoonz post today: “Trumps are like, “People who pay late taxes should go to prison…also, you can’t see our taxes.””http://claytoonz.com/2023/06/21/sniffy-jr/

http://lindaghill.com/2023/06/21/one-liner-wednesday-when-its-almost-2am/