The Bag Lady

Bitten

Nothing new, I’m a sucker for love

Chump for a cute guy…no matter his age…or mine

I guess it started as a child needing affection from anything that moved

Dog, cat…a boy. That’s the trouble.

I love strays

To help them, but I need them too.

As a teenager I was attracted to the strong ones,

Seeking a type of protection?

Affection?

A downfall of course. Anyone too needy always finds the ones they shouldn’t.

Is it written all over my face when I greet them?

The old saying “once bitten, twice shy” never made sense to me.

I must savor the agony.

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I know I look ridiculous. After the rainbow colored balloon crash on my dog house, my owners were helpless to obviate these colors and designs that range from red to pink to peach to turquoise! I guess I could go to the beach and hope the salt water would get them off. If I could reach them all with my tongue I might be able to lick them off in time, but how am I supposed to go to the dog park in the meantime? What a dilemma!

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The playboy had reached a stalemate with his new choice. It seemed she enjoyed the Valentine’s Day roses, the slender nylon stockings trimmed in black lace, and even smiled at the helium balloons he added for a laugh. He fumbled the play he thought, taking her wrists in his hands. He thought this holiday display would cinch the deal but he was mistaken. The woebegone woman couldn’t let the thorns of her past trials let him in. He had tried and failed, not his usual experience. He left, slightly daunted, but wait, is that a curvy natural blonde down the street?

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Wordle #275

I used to go around singing this-for some reason it made an impact on me in my youth.

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She has grit

Queens need that hallmark

Wearing crowns

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Not a practioner of love

But ardor near and from the trove

The slender weaver chokes the rose

No attitude of cherish

It only seeks to bear its will

No share or shy humility

This invasive vested tendril.

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NEAR
BEAR
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9 Disability Products and Aids That Have Helped Me

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Monday of course! I have decided this new place I’m living in is a “story a day” complex.

Last night I decided I have a bear living above me. I am on the first floor of a three story building. I have to say it’s well insulated as far as sound goes. The only time I hear a human is if I’m in the bathroom which borders the hallway. And don’t think about that too much either.

When I first moved in there was a lot of moving furniture scraping noises from above. No problem, I understand trying to get everything situated for yourself. Then in the middle of my second night I heard a huge bonk from above my bedroom. It sounded like a body fell. I listened wondering if I should call for help, but hearing no help or screams, I tried to get back to sleep.

Since then I hear no voices but a lot of drops, bonks and plodding heavy elongated steps above, as if you are trying to measure out yards with your feet. So I’ve decided, I have a bear living upstairs.

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