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Going Ape

Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where our host Sammi asks us to use
“sleep” in exactly 15 words. Also for
Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Colour
Challenge
and the word “orange”.

Image by Me & Nano Banana

An orangutan,
tuckered-out from dancing,
stole my bright orange pajamas,
and drifted off to sleep.
🦧

NAR©2026
15 Words

This is “Orangutan Dance” …. because who can resist a dancing orangutan?

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