Poem

RDP Friday: apparition

Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy has asked us
to get creative while focusing on the word โ€˜apparitionโ€™.
Thanks, Martha! Hereโ€™s my take.

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Miscellaneous

This Or That

Written for Kymber Hawkeโ€™s Get To Know You #45.
Here are her three questions and my three answers.

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Flash

Check List

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing Prompt #366
where we are to get creative using the word โ€˜Mondayโ€™
in exactly 25 words. Here are my 25 words.

Garbage out? โœ“
Clean sheets? โœ“
Toilets swished? โœ“
Kitchen mopped? โœ“
Pain Management appointment? โœ“

Trigger point injections and back massage? โœ“

Lather, rinse, repeat next week! โœ“

Routine Monday maintenance. โœ“

NARยฉ2024
25 Words

This is โ€œYakety Yakโ€ by the Coasters

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Flash

Carla’s Big Night

Written for Friday Fictioneers where we’re given a photo
and asked to let it inspire us to create something magical
in 100 words or less. This is my 100-word inspired creation.

ยฉ Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

โ€œUngrateful โ€ฆ bastard โ€ฆ son-of-a-bitch โ€ฆ always telling me what to do โ€ฆ when to do it โ€ฆ waiting on him like a motherless child โ€ฆ picking up after him โ€ฆ cooking three meals a day โ€ฆ seven days a week โ€ฆ cleaning โ€ฆ cleaning โ€ฆ cleaning โ€ฆ and whatโ€™s my reward โ€ฆ an unwelcome fuck at 3 AM โ€ฆ pig โ€ฆ I โ€ฆ have โ€ฆ had โ€ฆ enough!โ€

Carlaโ€™s thoughts raced through her head like a locomotive engulfed in flames.

โ€œYou gonna cook that pizza or beat it to death?โ€™ he snarled.

He died instantly. Death by rolling pin.

NARยฉ2024
100 Words

This is a live acoustic cover of The Allman Brothersโ€™ โ€œWhipping Postโ€ performed by Matie Cummings and Jeremy Edge

Another muse: my usually stoic mother
making an attempt at humor. Circa 1965.

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