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A Winning Smile

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Oops! I’m very late with this. Sorry!

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 39 words using the four prompt words
shown below. In 39 words, here’s my flash.

peacock, newsletter, cymbals, and toothpaste

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Percival Peacock published a newsletter no one read. One morning, desperate for subscribers, he crashed a parade …. cymbals clanging, tail fanned wide. A toothpaste company noticed and hired him instantly. His smile, finally, was worth a thousand readers.

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This is “I Love A Parade” by Harry Richman

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15 thoughts on “A Winning Smile”

  6. The peacock is a very ‘showy’ bird …

    Birdy From Another Realm, Lisa O’Neill, Lyrics

    The peacock is a stunning bird
    His song is iridescent
    And we tap in to other worlds
    While in the peacock’s presence
    Birdy from another realm
    Enlightens me with colours
    Birdy from another realm
    His song is like no other

    The cuckoo is a pretty bird
    But cunning and I’m weary
    I nurse a sadness not my own
    And still I nurse her dearly
    Then once you know, you’ll always know
    She doesn’t sing sincerely
    The cuckoo sings the cuckoo’s song
    Same song she sings yearly

    “It’ll all come out in the wash you know”
    Said the green-еyed gem from Crumlin
    Solid soul, you’re solid gold
    I drеamed of you this morning
    I dreamed I met you in the eyes, and dancing from the iris
    Flying iridescent lights landed on my eyelids

    And you’ll come around to me again
    When next we need a talking
    Green-eyed gem, I’ve found a friend
    In you because you’re honest
    The cuckoo is the cunning sort
    The peacock is a godsend
    Birdy from another realm
    I dreamed of you this morning

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