“I put fake brick wallpaper over a real brick wall, just so I’d be the only one who knew. People come over and I’m gonna say, “Go ahead, touch it…it feels real.”
Steven Wright
https://lindaghill.com/2021/07/07/one-liner-wednesday-the-sun-shines-on-the-righteous/
waking up to this
violence here abounds
there are no winners
only innocent bodies
life cut too short for the young
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https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/07/06/tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-233-poetschoice/
You can’t prove
Superior might
With a gun
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https://mmastorytime.com/2021/07/06/mma-storytimes-haiku-a-day-challenge-prove/#like-6804
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Bright or dull or even faded
Why do skin hues find you jaded
Outward appearance is overrated
Why does color make humans hated
Is this how the world is fated
Look how long people have waited
For these views to be abated
Cannot just fault what parents stated
Opening your heart has been belated
See with new eyes and be less weighted.
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https://weeklyprompts.com/2021/07/03/weekly-prompts-colour-challenge-trichromatic/
My heart is all aflutter
When I see melting butter
Has a taste like no other
Love I never fail to utter
I may even start to mutter
Licking lips with no sputter
Clear my plate of other clutter
I want only pancakes with my butter!
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A wizened notch in the mother-of-pearl broach only made the contour of such a piece of jewelry more endearing. It must have caused a thousand pin pricks in her clothing, since it was the everyday staple in her wardrobe. Even though her favorite sweater was overgrown and bulky on her withering frame, she would never exchange it for something new. Her comfortable surroundings now were mostly memories, but even those were starting to dwindle. Sitting outside in the afternoon, plucking fading petals from her chicory plant, she was reminded that all life is temporary.
https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/07/05/wordle-248/#like-22281
curled trickle
bold black bitumen
smooth as silk
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https://mmastorytime.com/2021/07/05/mma-storytimes-haiku-a-day-challenge-font/#like-6715
We, the privileged
Stand in judgment of homeless
With a careless laugh
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The surprise of fire suddenly rising in the night sky caused a ferocious outcry from the child. The form of the bright flames border was a frightening spectacle only seen in videos. Effervescent sparks drifted into the finery of summer trees, a poor shower for dry leaves. The devastation was too real for the young mind to comprehend, realizing this was nothing he could turn off by removing a game card.
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https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/2021/07/04/wordle-508/#like-2479
The Bag Lady 
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