He reminds me of the story of a selfish boy from Mrs. Piggle Wiggle. The boy wanted a label for everything:
Dick's bat, don't touch! Dick's ball, don't touch! Of course, Dick didn't pay of any of his stuff, either.
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If buying a US property after 3/26, you may have to provide the gov. info. www.fincen.gov/rre-faqs#C_1 assures us that "Reports will be maintained by FinCEN in a secure database.... with strict limits on the use and re-dissemination of BSA information...."
I don't believe it for a minute.
As I doom scroll through my feed, I appreciate the art, the dogs, the cats, the waterfalls and the sunsets people post. They are the resilient flowers blooming in the political dirt.
All is not lost.
Thank you
I just want
A day where people feel
like the world is on their side
and they control their future
while kindness abounds.
If we try hard enough maybe
we can shake off this old and make it go.
Everyone can win
when good comes around.
Echoes of the day linger
with an ache that
darkens the night.
Prompt 169
Traces
Evening
Shadows
#SenseWrds
My favorite was number 10. I read it several times. It will stay with me a long time. Thank you for sharing.
The sparrow who hit my window
now rests on my deck
breathing deep and shaking
off the deep red blood
spilling from her head.
Deciding she’s fine,
she knows she has chicks to feed.
Stretching her wings, she flies
until she’s grounded once more.
Falling, Scarlet, Sonder #SenseWrds
It’s hard
to watch the world.
Like a snake
we coil.
Like a feline
we poise.
The strike will come
hard and fast.
They should have
seen it coming.
I don't mind planning, shopping, preparing and serving. I'll even put leftovers away. But someone else over the age of nine better do the dishes. Even with a dishwasher, someone still needs to handwash, dry, put away, and wipe off the table. Wipe the darn table.
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Four legs good, two legs better (Animal Farm)
Every year we'd put that year's penny in our Christmas stockings. My husband and I joked that we were going for the whole roll (50). With the penny no longer be made, what am I supposed to do now, stop at 43?
It totally kills the creativity. I tell myself "Just another day lost." I stop the clock. In reality, it may be days or weeks for the muse again. Go easy on yourself. It's supposed to be soul-satisfying. But I don't earn my living by it. I save my guilt for all the other things I can't do.
Don't #parrot advice. Live life.
#7syllablesentence
Love’s #embers smolder
and you think they’ll stay
but as you get older
they grow colder
till they’re gone one day.
#BornBattleReady
Beth hated the bride almost as much as she loved the groom. He loved her as a best friend and asked her to be a groomsman. She wore the #cummerbund as if it were a bandeau. Her support wasn't an endorsement, it was an endowment.
#vss365
I'm a terrible speller. When writing, I love doing a voice activated Google search on my phone for the word. Easy peasy.
Writing advice I heard.
Throw away your first two manuscripts. Third time's a charm. And, if you want to improve your MS, don't edit, rewrite from scratch.
Both were fools. I've grown since then. I get it now. Maybe I'm ready. Maybe I'm still the fool. Time is my friend. Not so, patience.
I hope he feels better. Please take care.
Thank you, #QuickQuill for another wonderful day of poetry prompts.
Only good writers care about minor gaffes. Most don't even know the difference. Kudos to you.
“Don’t worry, my heart will go on.”
Well, good for you.
But your answer will not suffice
as you’re willing to let me
die in the ice.
I’m not willing to make
such a sacrifice.
#QuickQuill ERD 7
Psithurism is the sound trees make.
Each species is different.
No creak, groan or rustle is the same.
Night after night, I listen
to their secrets
never expecting they
would speak my name.
#QuickQuill ERD 6
The freedom Americans
praised, unabashed
has been torn apart
by callous brass.
So now we’re stuck
with this morass.
#QuickQuill ERD 5
When I was a new mom, I was so tired that if I turned my head too fast, I would get the spins. I would see things that weren’t there. The only noise I couldn’t sleep through was the sound of my baby’s cry.
Oh, I guess I’m not exaggerating. How's this-- even my yawns had yawns.
#QuickQuill ERD 4
fabulous imagery!
I am the moon.
They say I’m a satellite
but I don’t bounce back
something as small as data.
I’m better than that.
I make the tides turn
and the lovers swoon
#QuickQuill ERD 3
It was just a plank
worn and rough
but it was enough.
#QuickQuill ERD 2 bridge
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