ANTHONY ADVISED HER TO FORGET WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND WARNED HER TO NOT SAY ANYTHING TO ANYONE. He hastily pulled the skirt back up and made sure the hem was not showing anymore. He knew she was a good friend but he never told her that women’s clothing made him feel more like a man. It was his little secret and harmed no one.
If only
We could take wing above the earth
Take the temperature of feelings
End the sorrow of men’s actions
The children bear the most of it
Hiding it under quilted seams
Trying not to remember it all
When it comes out in dreams.
https://dversepoets.com/2022/11/14/quadrille-164-winging-it/
“Yup, the whole building came relatively cheap in today’s market. I couldn’t resist it, really, Fred. Of course there are a few problems but what place doesn’t?” Joe chuckled rather nervously. Fred just looked back at him, the building, and then back at Joe.
“You could say that, Fred. And you think you can make apartments or just rent out the entire space?” Joe looked again at the two weird doors.
“Well you haven’t been inside yet Joe, come on in.” After getting a tall ladder and entering the lower door, Joe observed a number of very tall men donning colorful costumes. Joe guessed they were parade performers. “There’s a place for everything.”
http://christinebialczak.com/2022/11/15/simply-6-minutes-welcome-to-the-challenge-11-15-2022/
Prompt: write a thoughtful and/or thoughtless poem.
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Moving Furniture?
Hearing incessant heavy rolling
Wondering if that sleepless trolling
Makes me an ungrateful shrew
Not knowing what trauma his being drew
Possibly it’s a heavy chair
Marking its path in my upstairs
I should ignore and be contrite
But my lack of sleep does indict
The actions of the dweller above
Constant noise does not induce love.
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https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2022-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-15
1. Does the weather affect your mood? Yes. If it’s sunny I’m happier and cloudy or dark I keep to myself.
2. If a stranger smiles at you or says ‘good morning’ when they pass you in the street, do you return it? Always and I even initiate it.
3. If you had a choice of just one of these things to eat, what would it be and why?
Chocolate, a sweet pastry, a plate of chips/fries (this is not a forever choice, just one instance). I’d choose probably fries 🙄
4. If you could go back to when you were a specific age, what would that be? Why? Don’t think I would, unless maybe thirty before my mom died.
Gratitude: You know my answer—family. Surprise calls asking: are you decent and my answer: never, before they come knocking 😂
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2022/11/14/share-your-world-14th-november-2022/
Just like clockwork, the head garden club fairy looked sideways at my peppermint camellias. Her lack of charm powered over me. Mingling among the chummy chaos of my regular admirers who looked like mice admiring the latest soft cheese, she chose juxtaposition, putting herself between them and me. The rest of the crowd oohing and ahhing at my offerings decided to give her a wide berth when her glowering look called dibs over their presence. Once again her interference and influence caused me to lose the trophy and shatter my efforts.
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https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2022/11/14/wordle-296/
The invitation wasn’t there. It was not an unusual or peculiar event; the spaces allotted were few for people who looked like her, but she had faith. It just seemed sometimes faith wasn’t enough. At those times it was the thunder of blood in her heart that beat the loudest, when the disappointment and anger tried to take over. So far in her life she could keep it under control, stopped and remembered to keep the faith she grew up with.
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http://cyranny.com/2022/11/14/invitation-word-of-the-day-challenge/
http://fivedotoh.com/2022/11/14/fowc-with-fandango-peculiar/
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2022/11/14/three-things-challenge-m147/BLOOD, THUNDER, SPACES
http://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2022/11/14/what-do-you-see-160-november-14-2022/
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https://fivedotoh.com/2022/11/14/fandangos-flash-fiction-challenge-193/#like-77147
Essential Waters
ignoring destruct
we empty our resources
ignore a revive
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The Bag Lady 
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