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Sweet as candy, heard him say Thinking I like his wordplay Twice around the evergreen Following me, his ardor seen I’m not sweet, I denied It is your heart, he replied A sugar plum, I know it well I guess only time will tell.
“You assume that rosemary might be a tasty ingredient to add to the sweet potatoes? We’ve always added butter and marshmallows to them and baked. I guess you can refurbish the recipe this year, maybe it will be the star of the menu! There’s always plenty of unimaginative items offered, like the roll of gelled cranberry sauce straight from the can…Better yet, why not triple that new recipe and we’ll give the surplus pans to the food bank?”
Earlier this week, Ally Bean of the Spectacled Bean revisited a prompt she had first done in 2011. Said 1/3 of her responses had remained the same but that time had given her a new perspective, if you will. I figured why not? Interesting subjects…
Here are my answers to Dale’s post:
If I were a month I’d be May
If I were a day I’d be Friday
If I were a time of day I’d be Sunset
If I were a font I’d be Tahoma
If I were a sea animal I’d be an Otter
If I were a direction I’d be Sideways
If I were a piece of furniture I’d be an overstuffed chair
If I were a liquid I’d be a Latte
If I were a gemstone I’d be a Sapphire
If I were a tree I’d be a Sugar Maple
If I were a tool I’d be a Rasp
If I were a flower I’d be a Daffodil
If I were an element of weather I’d be a Hurricane
Ain’t got time to shoot the breeze, got no time to blow Excuse me mister if you please, I gotta go Born one mornin’ on the day of the dead in a bombed out bungalow My momma kissed my cheek and said, I gotta go
[Chorus:] I gotta go somewhere I gotta go Waistin’ time standin’ here I gotta go
They put me in an orphanage west of Tupelo I told ’em when I burnt that bridge, I gotta go Stole a car, got a gun robbed the Hidey-Ho I left Memphis on the run, I gotta go
[Chorus]
Five card stud duces wild, three kings in a row I turned that diamond duce and smiled, I gotta go They tracked my down, took my take, brother don’t you know I told ’em boys, there’s some mistake, I gotta go
[Chorus]
Cold steel up against my head, they turned the lights down low In case you didn’t hear I said, I gotta go These are your very last words sir, say ’em nice and slow My last words on this planet were…
Secrecy would hang there in the court house while the litigious plaintiff shuffled nervously in his seat. The defensive side uttered the sounds of pleasure as their win was certified by the jury foreman. The defense’s fight over their usurped custom design of the device were proved and the complainant’s infringement defeated.
Under the open sky beneath heaven and above hell rule…you. It is all within you, your mind and body. The channel of time is partially up to you also; being careful, making wise decisions, resisting the urgency to flow with the crowd even though you know it’s not the right choice. Living the interesting serial of your life depends on you and your choices.
What motivates you to get up every day? Restroom call
What words have always struck you as funny or odd when looked upon?Misspelled or mispronounced
How often do you read the comments left by other bloggers on other bloggers’ published posts? If I can I do
How hard do you work to keep your long standing friendships alive year in and year out and do your friends work the same way to keep you? I don’t consider it work
How many emails do you delete every week? Hundreds but I’ve changed my email now
Are you easily distracted, and what do you find distracts you the most? I don’t think so
Have you ever had a strange unexplained encounter that left you shaken and baffled and if so, what do you think it was? Or what did your brain make you think it was? Yes. A man pulled in front of me and stopped his car and go out came to my window. Scary
Are we more scared of things that go bump in the night when in the dark or equally as concerned if the same thing happens during daylight hours? If so, why do you think that is? I’m not
What do you think are the magical ingredients for writing a bestseller and do you think you could write one? No
When was the last time you stayed awake all night having fun with another person, and what were you doing?
Would the 18 year old you recognise the older you if you both collided on the street today? If not, why? Probably not
What are you most looking forward to in 2023? Books in a series coming out
Are you more curious or are you more passionate, or are you both? Both
Can you easily recognise your flaws, and do you think it is important? Definitely. Yes
The musical album you loved the most in the last twenty years was… ? Probably Savage Garden for private reasons
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