Monthly Archives: August 2019

Dear John

Dear John

Your sardonic humor and your endless cynicism
has, in truth, created such a deep and boundless schism
that I can let it slide no more. I simply can’t deflect
the fact that you are losing all our friends’ respect.
I’ve finally had enough and so you’ll see my face no more.
You’ll have one more brunt for your jokes as I walk out the door.
I take this way to say ta-ta and bid my fond adieu.
Perhaps this way you’ll finally see the final  joke’s on you.

Further prompts today are cynicism, endless respect and slide.

Grain of Salt

Grain of Salt

His comment was acerbic, but I’m gonna let it slide.
I know he doesn’t feel so vitriolic deep inside.
A little piss and vinegar can serve to enrich life
so long as it’s not coming from your husband or your wife!

Oops. I somehow missed RDP’s word yesterday, so I’m using it today. Words of the day are acerbic, enrich and slide. None of the other prompts are ready yet, but I gotta roll. I think I’m messed up by the fact that I’m 7 hours ahead of my usual time zone.

Rooster: Bird of the Day

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My friend Harriet’s beautiful beaded rooster from Africa.

 

Granny Shot It’s Bird of the Day

New Kid on the Block, Hibiscus: Flower of the Day, Aug 17, 2019

We planted this new little hibiscus a few months ago and it died back almost immediately. I thought it was a goner, but last week I walked down to the lower garden and was surprised by two new large perfect blooms!! One of nature’s surprises.

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Cee, there is no prompt up yet for Aug 17 and we leave Rome early tomorrow to catch our ship. Could you establish a link for me, please, and I’ll owe you one.  xo J

Copa de Oro: Flower of the Day, Aug 16, 2019

 

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For Cee;s FOTD

 

Defection

 

photo by Donald Giannatti on Unsplash, with permission

Defection

Her endless tries to civilize her wild Wyoming grin
and the crooked chipped-off tooth that resided within
did nothing to dispel its authentic cowgirl charm
or its endless talent in working to disarm
any reticent cowboy who thought he would resist it
then ended up admitting that he wished that he had kissed it.
So when at last those lips were kissed, alas it was no drover,
but instead a city boy who won our wild girl over.
And, because they took no chance in winning her affection,
it was in fact the cowboys at fault for her defection.

 

Prompt words for today are acerbic, authentic, endless, civilize and grin.

Once Again

 

Once Again

The grass is always greener in another town or state.
Perhaps being a newbie she can start with a clean slate.
She’ll improve her deportment and for sure she will begin
to dress much more sedately. She’ll be neat as a pin.
She’ll insure her own wellbeing by befriending saner folk.
No more life of the party. No more a standing joke.
The other times she pulled up stakes were only practice for
this time, when she swore to them, before she slammed the door,
that she’d make something of herself. They should just wait and see.
This time she’d fall much farther from the family tree.
We hope that she is right and that she doesn’t change her mind
And ask along the self she keeps trying to leave behind.

 

Prompt words today are grass, newbie, wellbeing, improve and pin.

Nightly Ritual

Nightly Ritual

A fleeting shadow on the wall, what do you make of that?
Another and another joins this swirling mass of bat.
Fortuitous destruction, they swarm across the lake.
What an impressive undulating constant stream they make.
They go to eat mosquitos in the farther fields they roam,
leaving only guano here closer to their home.
The wellbeing they foster, I fear is far afield.
Here at home there’s not a single benefit  they yield.
They sleep by day then hurry off on nightly winged weavings,
leaving me, with broom and scrub brush, dealing with their leavings.

Prompt words  today are fortuitous, shadow, wellbeing, destruction and bat.
Also, for Granny’s BOTD.

Dahlia: Flower of the Day, Aug 14, 2019

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For Cee’s FOTD

Locked Up

For the Tuesday Photo Challenge––Lock