Vixen

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Vixen

You are a crafty sorceress who holds men in your spell.
You clutch their hearts within your grasp where you squeeze them well,
then drain their living hearts of blood and leave them with a shell
with which to fend off, for a lifetime, loves which may be true,
but which they do not trust at all simply because you
have branded them for life with doubts  perpetually new
each time they try to ply love’s trade to find something’s amiss
as, still again, a rueful fog envelops each new kiss.
Thus, with sketchy prospects, loves two, three, four, five, six,
are extinguished by that first cursed love that blows out all their wicks!

 

For the Sunday Whirl Wordle 625 the prompt words are:  sorceress sketchy life , you, brand six, still, fog hold spell fend ply

Retablo  by Judy Dykstra-Brown

 

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    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      It is long gone.. Seeing it made me realize that I have hardly ever known who buys my work. When I was doing shows, I was aware who bought them but then they vanished and I forgot. But since I’ve been in Mexico, I’ve never known with the exception of one or two that were purchased by friends. Actually I kind of like the thought of their going out into life on their own.

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      1. anntonyjandc's avataranntonyjandc

        Yes, i like that idea too. You send it away when they purchase it. Who knows what life it will have. Would make an interesting kick off for a novel.

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        1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

          Ann, I answered this but it was recorded as a reply to myself. Do you see my comments when I answer you? This is a parade every year where both people going by in floats and people in the crowd toss flour at each other and everyone within reach! I was meeting friends in Viva Mexico, a local restaurant, and some of us went out to view the fun. It’s very obvious which of us!

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