The Bag Lady

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It was a hope, a promise, a wish that had been smoldering inside her for years. Now she could accomplish it. She took the magic powder and filled her water glass. She gulped it down, choking on the bitter taste , but it would be worth it. She would see him again, she would keep him safe. The odd mystic predicted it. The spell she cast would complete it. The cup disappeared in her hand and she saw her arms fade away into a light. Her reflection no longer clear, she felt she was traveling in time, back to the day they met.

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The photograph below is from ninerio at DeviantArt.com.

For the visually challenged writer, the photo shows a couple embracing in front of a large, illuminated clock, as well as other smaller, x-ray-like images of the mechanical components of clocks.

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She knew it was only til midnight that the dream would last—him holding her dancing to music only in her head. Less than two hours of her holding him here in this concoction of purple haze. She thought it odd he seemed completely attentive, his eyes only on her, holding her ever tighter, but that was part of it, part of the spell. She looked up hesitantly to see the reminders all drifting around them—hated harbingers of time.

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I woke up with a start this morning and it’s been a long day already. However, progress has been made even though the duster I bought immediately fell apart as I removed it from the cardboard casing. Now it will have to be returned, exchanged, and I’ll have them open it before I take it home.

Other news—I see frost rings around the just turning green newly planted grass and small bushes.😒. I hope it all survives. The gravel surround between my patio and the parking lot is done, dang it. I was hoping for more grass. A few saplings have survived so far but it’s all I can hope for this being a new construction.

I am wishing you all a good day or night wherever you live💛 and thank you for reading and commenting on my scribbles.

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“Strange”.

“Unusual”.

“Uncanny”.

“Yes, I certainly agree”, the professor said, as the four of them stared at the oddly scribbled message on the sidewalk entry to the university.

“Education is not the learning of facts but the training of the mind to think.”

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**Albert Einstein

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She loved any drinks that were fizzy

Delighted to start feeling dizzy

It’s our special champagne

The waiter explained

Now get down off the table, Miss Jane.

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