Seers
Psychics make their living by what’s written in the stars,
going by what’s written in Venus or in Mars.
They crumble tea leaves in a cup and set the water steaming,
then pour it in the cup so they can set about their dreaming.
Their supernatural talents are directed at whomever
crosses their palms with silver to discover what they’d never
see through their own vision, and so they pay a stranger
to guide them as they search for love and try to avoid danger.
What some see as inscrutable, the psychic sees most clearly,
constructing pretty platitudes for which we pay most dearly.
Prompts today are platitude, super, inscrutable,Venus, crumble. Image by Tungsten Rising on Unsplash.
As Above, Not As Below
I’m plodding, I’m plodding to the sacred north.
It takes all my power as I journey forth.
Is it possible I walk on air? I must examine twice
the ground I pass over, then I see I tread on ice
frozen to translucence, so I see the world beneath—
another watery world below, protected ‘neath its sheath.
Spellbinding order reigns below with creatures slipping by,
protected from the thunder of a threatening sky.
When lightning hits behind me, I hurry helter-skelter,
searching for protection from any nearby shelter.
But alas, here up above is not as below.
So near and yet so far away is that undertow.
Caught in my world, I pass above where I would choose to stay.
It flows beneath me peacefully as I pass away.
For the Sunday Whirl Wordle 544 prompt words are: north order hits thunder search freeze journey spellbinding power sacred
When I see the disenfranchised and homeless passing through our town coming from South or Central America with nowhere to go back to and yet having no place here and no real place to go to, I wonder how they feel, observing us in our lives that must seem perfect and without problems. To see and not to be able to have must be a heartrending situation.
A Guide to Good Service in a Snotty Restaurant
If you thought I was obsequious, have another think.
I was merely being cordial to get another drink.
The wait staff there was surly so I thought I would be nice,
although it seemed that in this joint, being cuddly was a vice.
There was some ambiguity in regards to being served.
It seems as though they gave the service they thought we deserved.
We couldn’t get attention with our arm-waving and hooting,
but luckily, before we came, we’d done some target shooting.
I put a bullet in the chamber and aimed it at the ceiling,
and when our waiter heard the blast, he changed his way of dealing
with the placid customer at table number five.
It seems the way to win respect was leaving him alive.
He brought my gin and tonic with nary a snide quip.
He brought my crudités and even brought an extra dip.
And he didn’t raise an eyebrow or even curl his lip
when I left the restaurant without leaving a tip!!
Prompts for today are: chamber, blast, cuddly, obsequious and ambiguity. Image by Lefteris Kallergis on Unsplash.
Click on photos to read the tale.
So look how she lies on it!!!!
Influencers
If we could not scan the internet for the scandal of the day,
what could we find to substitute to pass away the day?
With no tempest in a teapot stirred up for us by Kim,
the lights of inspiration in the world would surely dim.
We need these rich exemplars of the way that life should be—
these folks in their cathedrals more “with it” than you and me.
Without them, we would have to make decisions all alone
figuring out how to act and dress all on our own!
Prompts today are tempest, internet, scan, exemplar and cathedral.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 