“Avoidance” for Sadje’s Sunday Poser #281

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Avoidance

I’m tired of enlightenment, bored with my muse.
I give up on all topics that spur and enthuse.
I think I’ll be lazy for the rest of my life,
avoiding all effort and dodging all strife.

For what do I worry and ponder and seethe?
What care I for clean water and air we can breathe?
Let fools be our guides. Let them rule us all.
Let other fools follow them until they fall.

Let scientists fuss over theory and fractal.
I’ll deal with endeavors more sensual and tactile.
I’ll plot games of solitaire, fiddle with flowers,
play video games for hours and hours.

I’ll torment the cat and worry the dog,
lie in the hammock, my mind in a fog.
Let other folks solve all the world’s ills.
I’ll keep myself busy with vodka and pills.

Use avoidance to overcome all of my worries.
Let torpor eradicate all of my hurries.
I’m overlooking the problems in which the world’s mired.
If I need an excuse, It’s that I am retired.

The Sunday Poser question is “What do you always try to avoid?”

“Damsels in Distress” for Word of the Day Challenge

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Damsels in Distress

Each myth, legend or fairytale
from “once upon” to “fare thee well”
shares some elements of story
be they sad, uplifting, gory.

Always a damsel in distress—
Rumplestiltskin’s name to guess,
straw to spin out into gold,
or another story to be told.

Too much sleep may be her curse,
ugly stepsisters, or worse:
murder, treason, sloth and pox
emptied from Pandora’s box.

These troubles spread from near to far––
one solved by wishing on a star,
then Zeus forgave Pandora’s shame
and the imp revealed his own strange name.

But the other women described above
were saved by cleverness or love.
Scheherazade escaped the hearse
with stories, legends, tales and verse.

Cinderella rose from hearth and ashes
and Sleeping Beauty opened lashes­­––
both maids saved by daring-do:
one by a kiss, one by a shoe.

So whatever might have been their fate:
loss of child or murderous mate,
wipe tears and fears away with laughter.
They all lived happily ever after.

 

The Word of the Day Challenge prompt word is Stress. Image generated with the use of AI.

Solo Saturday Night (For the “S” Word Prompt)

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I am starting a new prompt named The “S” Word Prompt. Today’s “S” word is Solo. Please send your own story, poem or photo that shows your response to the word. Here is mine:

Solo Saturday Night

Half lonely, half happy I have no agenda,
I doctor my coffee with creamer and Splenda.
Tapping the keys to put letters together
with fingertips pressing as light as a feather,
I confront my computer and I never fail
to pound out a poem in my own brand of Braille.

I empty my heart of all of its ills––
better than pot or liquor or pills.
It is the prescription I write on my own
to relieve my regrets and stifle each moan.
I confide in myself, then type out what I think––
therapy with no recourse to a shrink.

A Little Twilight Exercise

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I think I should leave it to their eventual families to name these girls, but in the meantime, any idea what we should call them?

 

One Down, Two to Go

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These two have a TALENT for inviting attention and have actually worn themselves out for the time being.  Their “keeper” actually looks a bit the same right now. I’m lying in bed, having given all the puppy attention I’m capable of at the time.  Their sister Bonita is happily ensconced in a new family, as demonstrated by the video I posted yesterday. These two are awaiting their futures. They are wanting ever more attention, and inviting yours!!! My phone is 331-860-5304 if you’d like to come make their acquaintance and live close enough to the San Juan Cosala Raquet Club  to do so..

(If you haven’t read an earlier post about these two and their sister pup, they were abandoned in front of my house a few days ago and have taken up residence in mine until we can find a home for them. I’ve had a few further leads and suggestions for shelters or economical paid residence facilities, but I’d rather they go to private homes if possible.) Go HERE for more information.

Here is a video of their sister who has been named “Bonita” by her new family that adopted her yesterday:

 

For RDP the prompt is “Talent.”

For Fibbing Friday, Apr 10, 2026

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For Fibbing Friday, Apr 10, 2026 the task is: What Fibs or Wannabees can you come with for these ‘Heroes’ ?

1. Who were the Dynamic Duo? Sonny Bono and Cher.
2. Who was Peter Parker? Peter Lawford’s Chauffeur.
3. Who was Diana Prince? Charles III
4. Who were The Fantastic Four? Groucho’s brothers: Chico  Harpo , Gummo & Zeppo 
5. Who was Robert Bruce Banner? An actor, a singer and a flag.
6. Who was Linda Lang? The prettiest Lang sister.
7. Who was Selina Kyle? A woman in the 11th aisle up from the stage. 
8. Who was Kent Allard? His brother, his cousin and his uncle.
9. Who was Cliff Secord? The lowest and thickest string on his guitar. 
10. Who was Matt Murdoch? The man my home town was named after. (Murdo, South Dakota)

Three New Houseguests

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Someone abandoned these 3 three-month-old female puppies in the street outside my house in the San Juan Cosala Raquet Club. When I took food out to them and tried to steer them into my garage, another woman came out from up the street with food and water for them. She said she’d been feeding them for two days but couldn’t take them in. They are now residing with me while I try to find them homes. I have a vet coming in an hour to give them vaccinations and to deworm and check for fleas. Hopefully Oscar will help me bathe them tomorrow when he comes to walk my other three dogs.They have comfy beds and a little dog house and space to run and play in to tide them over while they wait for their new people. (I want to keep them separate from my other dogs until the vet gives them a clean bill of health.)  I am willing to pay for more vaccinations and even their eventual spaying, but can’t give them a permanent home. I know most who read this blog are far away, but if you happen to live near Lake Chapala and could give them a home, my phone is 331-860-5304.

Update: on Friday, April 10, 9:00 AM. The vet came yesterday and gave them their initial vaccinations and deworming and flea meds. He says they do need to be isolated from my other dogs for two weeks. I would very much like to find other homes for them before that. I would be willing to arrange for them to be brought to you if you live a distance from Ajijic. I have them in an outdoor protected and gated stone-paved terrace 12X21 feet with a padded doghouse big enough for them all to sleep in, but still would like to see them relocated to a more comfortable place  asap. Please call me if you have any solutions. 

Speaks for Itself.

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A Reunion Imperative for dVerse Poets

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Upon Running into a Former Best Friend

Don’t give me cause to regret our reunion.
Don’t bring back to mind our former disunion.
Don’t lament my career or cuss at my kids—
those actions that once put us into the skids—
dissolving our friendship and our former ties
when I’d had enough of your conniving lies.
Don’t inveigle or bemoan your lack of a pension.
Past times I’ve come through I won’t bother to mention.
And if you’ve a reaction and want to explode,
do me a favor. Take it on the road!!!

For dVerse Poets...an Imperative Poem

Just Me for dVerse Poets

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Just Me
Inside my skin, around my bone,
I am me and me alone.
Wherever I choose to abide,
it is just me tucked here inside.
And if you find you’re in a bind,
you’re welcome to explore my mind
and pass on anything you find.

For the dVerse Poets Quadrille challenge, the prompt is “Bone.” Illustration created with AI. (Best I could do.)