Sunday 9:42pm: Playing a game and this ad came on. In my defense it had been a long day and I was craving something sweet. It’s grocery shopping time but because of a long month, it will be a while, at least for anything as frivolous as candy. But. . .
Who knew there’s a candy club? And no, I didn’t cave. But. . .
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An evening like any other these days, with empty streets and useless red lights since there is no longer traffic to obey them. It was of no particular design to keep these lights working, but it provides a useless steady drain on city power.
No one has idle conversations in street cafes. There is no happy child peeking in shop windows wishing for a Christmas gift. Humanitarian aid workers in stifling outfits attend to the dying, with all hope for patient recovery absent. More homeless people on dirty streets every day, since they have no jobs to sustain their homes.
This could be our future if we continue to put our individual wants above others.
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https://fivedotoh.com/2020/07/26/fowc-with-fandango-aid/#like-45175
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2020/07/26/conversation/
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Lonely not seeing you
Ordering everything online
Choosing to isolate
Keeping my mask on
Delivery not what it’s cracked up to be
Omission of items irritating
Why did I think it would work
Negativity festers
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At least here, most deliveries are an unpleasant adventure and much more expensive.
The raven called my name. I heard it distinctly as it perched on my windowsill this morning. His form shown in shallow lace curtains, flowing from a breezy thunderstorm underscored his message.
Of course if I had a choice, and this drain of fluid to and from my body was not a painful chain of repetition, at once mending and depleting, I might say “away with you, raven!” But I cannot.
I still listen to the chime of my heart, and the movement of my chest as I breathe in and out. The weight of pain not ceasing draws me to the raven’s message, “it’s time” and if I was strong enough, or even able, I would agree and vote with him.
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Astrid asks:
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I had coffee for breakfast.
I like pleasant surprises.
Being with my kids and grandkids is my idea of fun.
If I were a food, I would be chop suey–spicy, soft, sweet, tart and crunchy.
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https://astridetal.com/2020/07/24/friendly-fill-ins-week-218/#like-3581
Speaking of youknowwho, there might be nuance
Floundering somewhere on the ground
Blustering, condescension, rude gestures only found
Think it’s the upbringing,
Everything at his beck and call
Now we are the ones who suffer from it all.
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God bless America
https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2020/07/25/weekend-writing-prompt-167-nuance/#like-4479
Money doesn’t pave, but surely smooths.
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Jack and Jill went up the hill to find a better life
Jack came back down with Jill who then became his wife
Thinking love would be the end to all their strife
Soon found out it fuels your faults, and cuts you like a knife
Jack and Jill parted ways, though tis sad to say
But in the end found other friends
To better suit than their married rife.
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https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2020/07/25/saturday-mix-rhyme-time-25-july-2020/
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