Alex K. Logan

She gazed down into the tranquil ripples of her favorite swampy burial spot, wondering how much flesh remained on her latest victim’s #bones.

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A graphic that has something to do with Pulp Detective fiction

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A dame gave me a tip that
an echo with #bones walked
the alley behind the jazz club.

I followed it, thinking I’d find
something solid where sound
used to be.

Instead I found a lame “poem”
and a graphic that had something
to do with pulp detective fiction.

"I feel it in my #bones that people outside the Netherlands will judge me for eating chocolate sprinkles on bread every morning," Nora said as she hesitated to post her Instagram photo. "But it's totally normal back home. We all grew up with it."

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A softly lit photo of a woman’s lips and lower face, with red lipstick glowing in shadowed light.

Why understand you?
The mind muddles your art,
for one can’t know without unraveling.
I choose to savor you,
to be the one unraveled,
to be your fevered verse
undressing from your lips.
Slow-kiss your notes onto my skin,
drown my #bones in your hungry dark sea.

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📷Pixabay

I touch cold stone, wondering what moulders beneath the grey lichen covered slab, epitaph eroded by weather and time. Not warm soft skin and pale blue eyes but yellowed #bones, brittle and ageing, feeding the earth with her goodness. But her heart will always be mine ❤️
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Walking among the #bone fields, Rory waited for the inevitable attack by articulated, reanimated skeletons. In fact he was unpleasantly surprised when Esme was attacked, not by skeletons, but banshees, which was different, and loud.

At least he had anticipated the attack. It didn’t help.

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He had started to get used to the ship. It’s little quirks and foibles, the metallic and plastic #bones of the vessel, but it still wasn’t really his ship.
Dylan could probably search decades and never find a ship he loved as much as Magpie, and never more than her. Something inexpressible.

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Good morning! Thank you. Love back atcha!

Ha! Good man.

“I can’t stand tepid blood! It needs to either be hot like soup, or chilled to perfection and served up like a martini!”

“Shut up, Vlad! Pretentious prick.”

“You shut up, Barry! Tepid #blood swilling hooligan.”

Vlad turned into a bat and fluttered into the shadows.

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The #wounded goon stumbled into the kitchen of that French restaurant, trying to escape. Big mistake. Nick caught up to him and flayed the skin off that bastard’s face with a fromage grater. He deep-fried dude’s head with the pomme de terre frite.

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invisible wound
scorched psyche
unnamable scar

#vss365 #wound

I've never wound my old skeleton clock. It keeps lost time.

Within its glass dome, waltzing motes of past distractions.

Which, when long watched, conjugate as shimmers, tiny creatures who reprise my daydreams.

I imagine hours so sweet were surely not wasted.

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#inkMine

I’m not seeing replies on that madcap, hellscape app. So…hey, y’all!

He heard the familiar hushed bark of a suppressed pistol. A sharp #pain — then it was all prancing unicorns, dancing elves, and walking into the light.

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Your #vss365 #prompt for Feb 3 is #pain

"After great pain, a formal feeling comes –
The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs –
The stiff Heart questions 'was it He, that bore,'
And 'Yesterday, or Centuries before'?"

'After great pain, a formal feeling comes', Emily Dickenson

#3

“Who knew the lizard-demon thing was a thing!?
“Oh, it’s a thing.”
“Politicians, celebrities, biz moguls — all from that twisted species! This muhfukkin’ simulation needs a hard reset!”
“Easy, bruv. #Soothe your rage with sips of the amber elixir.”
“Gulps of bourbon!”

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#soothing orange slice
pinned in the midwinter night
crescent moon at rest

#vss365 #haiku #zen #poetry #blueskypoets 🖼️ Pinterest

#vss365 #poetry

Deep within the blink of your eye
lies #soothe & cosy
A universe of secrets it holds
closely

In its twinkle a river of dreams
arise
Where whispers of love
& silent understanding harmonise

Bathing in its tranquil sighs
Lost in the magic
where time slowly flicker flies

YouTube video by Natalie Merchant - Topic Where I Go

Dear Friends,

We’ve reached our last prompt together. I’m honored to have hosted & look forward to continuing to support you!

Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan 31 is #soothe
Song: Where I Go – Natalie Merchant
Lyrics: “I go to the river to #soothe my mind.”

youtu.be/cN9OB_pOvWc?...

The #thrum of two hearts as one.

#7SyllableSentence

“Their #ruse of ‘trust me, bro, you’ll be great again,’ worked so perfectly it’s sickening.”

“Sheeple…”

“Being led to slaughter.”

“What a grand experiment this once was.”

“Word. Pass that bourbon…and the bullets.”

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This is the Golden Age?

YouTube video by Stevie Wonder - Topic Moon River

Dear vss365 friends,

Your word weaving continues to inspire! Thank you! 🙏 ✨

Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan. 21 is #bend

Song: Moon River - Stevie Wonder
Song lyrics:

“We’re after the same rainbow’s end
Waiting ‘round the #bend”

youtu.be/qvFqP32IAEs?...

I vaulted over the plasma beam as it #seared my trench coat, landed, rolled and sprang to my feet. I blasted that rat bastard Drago Munchausen dead in the melon with my Fibonacci pistol. He disintegrated, howling, in a pleasant symmetrical pattern.

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YouTube video by PearljamVEVO Pearl Jam - Black (Official Audio)

Hello, my fellow vss365ers!

Your #vss365 #prompt is #sear

Song: “Black” by Pearl Jam

“I take a walk outside, I'm surrounded by some kids at play
I can feel their laughter, so why do I #sear?
…I'm spinnin', oh-oh, I'm spinnin'
How quick the Sun can drop away?”

youtu.be/qgaRVvAKoqQ?...

#Seared into memory
For all the world to see
Infantile hypocrisy
Grabbing for undeserved prizes
Claimed with idolatrous disguises
And perfidious devices

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#poetry
#resist
#protest

Under a misty weight veiled
Eyes can’t hide a sadness
The whole world sees
Except you, tear

Shadows keep you heartless
Your sun rays filter through
Onto skin elsewhere
Yet this loveless skin feels, its #sear

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