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Who's the Smart One?
I am writing this post for the Trifextra Week 51 Writing Challenge where we are to write exactly 33 words inspired by one of three pictures. I chose the picture below.ZeroOne / Foter.com / CC...
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A Noisy Morning
The bed moaned under our weight and my screaming alarm clock radio began to spit out useless information. Suddenly, the door yawned and my clever dog, Raton, strolled in to assess the commotion....
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The Pirates are Coming, the Pirates are Coming!
I should not be telling these tales, but you need to know that I was with a band of scurvy pirates, who, on three days past, sailed their ship up into the mouth of the Hillsboro Bay and landed on the...
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The Cycle
Me: You doin’ the prompt?Bloggy Friend: Dunno, not motivated.Me: Same here.Friend: Come on, do it.Me: Well, how ‘bout you?... Friend: Mine’s up. Where’s yours?Me: Gonna link...
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My Embarrassing Love
For Ketchup With Us #11, Mel and Michele invited us to write about something that we love that we’re embarrassed about. I had a tough time with this, trying to avoid going all mushy on you and I...
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Decisions, Decisions!
I wrote this post for the Week 63 Trifecta Writing Challenge where we are to write 33-333 words using the word “path” in the context of a course or route or a way of life, conduct or thought. I...
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Close Encounters of the Weird Kind
After splitting with my wife of 35 years, I was suddenly living alone. My first impulse was to go out, see my friends and pound down some drinks. Since I’m not inclined to dwell on negative thoughts,...
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The Cure
I’m on a high wire; I might fall into the abyssMy head spins, my heart stops and my stomach flopsI’m a train wreck…Does this Xanax stuff really work?.....For hyperbole? ________ I wrote this for the...
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The Lazy Ass Frozen Daiquiri
Prompt #12Mel and Michele have a blog called Ketchup with Us where we fellow bloggers are invited to write a post about a different subject on the first and fifteenth days of each month. For this...
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Considering The Options-An Exhausting Task
One day in the Oval Office in 2003…Bush: What are we gon’ to do ‘bout Iraq?Cheney: Well, I guess we can invade. They have some guns and a lot of people to shoot at us.Bush: What the fuck! Every...
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Empty Nest
The woman’s quiescence said allBlankness would devour her.She could not abide the thoughtOf no children in the houseThe pink impatiens by the front doorWere hidden, then gone…never mind_______ I wrote...
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I wrote this for the Week 66 Trifecta Writing Challenge where we are to write 33-333 words using the word “doctor”, e.g., adding a material to food or scraping a surface. While this entry is...
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Crash
It was nighttime at the championship show. My horse, jittery under the bright lights, stumbled, then lurched as we approached the high obstacle. We crashed spectacularly, sending chunks of wood and...
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Envy
#13I wrote this for Mel and Michele’s Ketchup With Us, where we are to write up to 57 words about someone’s shoes we would like to walk in for a day. Since I am pretty content in my life, I had some...
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Gravity
One ball soarsThen two, then threeWhen they dropWe ask whyBut gravity dictatesIt always doesWe juggle through our livesThe kids, the job, the laundry, our friends and lovesWe make choicesBut gravity...
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A Timely Decision
My mother’s doctor called and told me that she needed surgery right away. He explained, in layman’s terms, that she had an opening in her stomach which needed to be repaired. He said: “She will die...
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Papal Chase
#14Mel and Michele have invited us to write up to 57 words for Ketchup With Us. This week, we are supposed to write about our doppelgӓnger. This was a hard one for me, since I really don’t like to...
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What's Up With the Bad Boy Thing?
None of the cute girls in high school noticed me until I became a “hippie”. At the beginning of my senior year, my friends wanted to go to a Led Zeppelin concert. I had liked their music on the...
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The Abyss
I stand in the cold rainAnd try to rememberWhat the rebellion was all aboutAs I think about the lossAnd who did what first, I wonder if it really matters anymoreAn abyss_____ I wrote this for the...
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How About Dealing With Some Real Problems?
I read and watch the news about the pending gay marriage cases in frustration. To be sure, there are all sorts of difficult legal issues to be resolved, but I just wonder why we can’t just step back...
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