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Stalled: A Triolet

Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Selma, challenges us
to write a summertime triolet.

Image by Me & ChatGPT

The subway stalls, and all the lights go dark.
A hundred bodies crowd this stalled train car.
No hum, no breeze … just heat and one faint spark,
the subway stalls, and all the lights go dark.
Someone’s shoulder jabs me like a shark,
while sweat-soaked strangers wilt against the car.
The subway stalls, and all the lights go dark.
A hundred bodies crowd this stalled train car.

NAR©2026
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This is “Summer In The City” by The Lovin’ Spoonful

W3 Prompt #221: Wea’ve Written Weekly

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26 thoughts on “Stalled: A Triolet”

    1. I eventually got smart and started taking the train further downtown and getting on the uptown train at its point of origin. The train was empty and I was guaranteed a corner seat. As long as I was sitting, I didn’t care how many often the train got stuck. 🥰 Great track by Joe Cocker. 💙🎶

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