Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #35
where our inspiration word is “foreign”.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
the gym
healthy eating
at the office by 9:00
taxes done before the deadline
concepts
that seem
completely alien to me
like advanced calculus
or “just one drink”
foreign
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This is “You Shook Me All Night Long” by AC/DC
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The Elephant's Trunk 
all night 🌙 long
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Rainbow did a great song by that name
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I forgot about that…music is just cool 😎
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Just one drink? You must be kidding!
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That seems to be a common reaction! 😂
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Lol! I’m sure I can’t do it either.
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It’s part of the human condition! 😁
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Indeed.
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Those were the days! 😀 Cheers! 🥃
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And somehow we survived! Cheers, Debbie!
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Just one drink was always foreign to me, too!
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It’s a common problem.
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People often frown on advanced calculus due to its abstract nature, that demands critical thinking, and relies on memorizing complex formulas, which seems totally unnecessary, because even if they learn it, they know that they will never need to use it.
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Exactly!
Thanks, Jim.
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With you on most of those!
The song was my ringtone for several years. Always interesting when my phone rang in the office 🤣
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Excellent choice! 😂
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😃Love it ….pass that bottle Nance🥴
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Hic! Here ya go, Ange. 🍾
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🥳 ta … 🥴
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I am right there with you! It is either all the way or no way at all!
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and re the AC/DC soundtrack- I was thinking Balls to the Wall!
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Great track
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Damn straight!
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wildquain!
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😎
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Great soundtrack my friend … hard to beat that one my friend
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Great H&C song, my friend. It’s on my playlist! 🥰
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I wonder who has the biggest playlist … I think you, with your musical 🎵 background
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And I think YOU, considering all the amazing songs you have played here and on your site!
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Sometimes I wonder, but at the moment I’m stuck on Lisa O’Neill 🎶
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She’s not my favorite but I know you enjoy her music. 🎶
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