The Bag Lady

“Don’t come any closer!” Julie’s hand was already shaking and now starting to sweat. She held the hot pan higher, hoping not to drop it–it was heavier than she thought the cast iron skillet to be. The warning didn’t seem to faze the fierce feline creature looking ready to pounce. The cat’s arched back and whiskers indicated she wasn’t about to retreat. After the long haired menace had jumped up and backed her into the corner, Julie grabbed the nearest thing to a weapon she could find. Now it was a battle of wills over the plate of fish sitting on the counter.

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https://fivedotoh.com/2021/07/06/fandangos-story-starter-1/#like-59424

Thanks again to Dan @nofacilities.com for letting me use his lovely photo for this prompt.

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resting quietly

my decorative beauty

last effort to shine

life is a constant attempt–

brief endeavor to prove worth

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https://cyranny.com/2021/07/07/silvery-word-of-the-day-challenge/#like-58824

“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/

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/06/1013251202/fourth-of-july-shootings-across-the-country-kill-more-than-180-this-year?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20210706&utm_term=5540824&utm_campaign=news&utm_id=54084281&orgid=1417&utm_att1=

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https://rugby843.blog

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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https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2021/07/04/your-daily-word-prompt-utter-ydwordprompt-july-5-2021/?like_actor=102337606&like_hmac=f14faebe4b76b9d11637b002a7ad7c04&postid=4975&like=1&source=sub_email

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