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“Watcha staring at, Norman?”
“Ain’t staring, Agnes. I’m observing.”
“That so? Watcha observing then, Norman?”
“Nuthin that concerns you, Agnes.”
“It’s Mrs. Claus with the biggy bumps, ain’t it?”
“She’s got a nice wobble, is all.”
“You idiot!”
**THWACK!!**
“Ow! I gots a biggy bump on me head now, Agnes!”
“Ain’t no bump, Norman! Just a wee wobble.”
NAR © 2023
58 Words
This is Sue Thompson singing “Norman”.
Our summer neighbors were two women from Manhattan; “playwrights”, they said.
There was endless “lesbian” speculation.
The writers called their weekend cottage “Intermission” – tres cool!
Idiots foolishly obsessed over the whole gay thing.
“Who gives a fuck?” I argued. “They’re authors!”
“Says the storyteller!” the idiots jibed.
NAR © 2023
47 Words
This is Elvis Costello & The Attractions with “Everyday I Write The Book”
Today I’m hosting
Name That Tune.
Hit the link; try your luck!
https://rhythmsection.blog/
Come to bed, pretty.
Can you hear the wolf beckoning you?
Let the Sandman cradle you in his arms, protect you from the macabre terrors of the night.
You trust me, sweet child, don’t you?
Foolish.
NAR © 2023
36 Words
This is Metallica and “Enter Sandman”
Please join me today
as I host another round of
Name That Tune.
It’s an oldie but a goodie!
https://rhythmsection.blog/
General Agricola was restless; for three nights he did not sleep. The Caledonians were plotting, of this he was certain. They were a pompous lot, thinking they could defeat his legions.
There was fire in his belly and he was determined to prove himself irreplaceable to the emperor, Vespasian.
Agricola summoned his first officer, Acilius. “I require the services of the scribe, Tertius. Depart immediately and bring him to me.”
Acilius did as commanded. The wizened scribe, Tertius, sat at the foot of Agricola, his calamus at the ready. He began the most crucial message of his life.
NAR © 2023
98 Words
This is Civil War doing “Rome Is Falling”
I search high, I look low.
Where did my damn glasses go?
They aren’t here or over there.
I can’t find them anywhere.
Not on the couch or near the stove.
I’ve been home, did not rove!
Not by the sink, under the bed.
Well look at that! They’re on my head!
NAR © 2023
52 WORDS
For M
This is “Keep Searchin'” by Del Shannon
Baby animals are cute. So are knitted booties, toothless grins.
My engagement ring definitely wasn’t cute, even though my mother declared it so 53 years ago; neither are the stories I write and frequently bleed on.
I have issues with “cute”; you’re going to give me a complex by commenting with that word.
We wouldn’t want that, would we?
I might have to disassociate, sever ties, and that would be a bloody shame.
NAR © 2023
73 Words
It’s the Stones doing “Let It Bleed”. Yeah, it is. 🩸
It was a busy night at The Cock ‘n Bull. The second act was about to start when Paige Turner came running out of her dressing room screaming that she’d been robbed.
Imagine my embarrassment when I, Angie O’Plasty, queen of the Chicago circuit drag queens, was accused of trying to absquatulate with all the girl’s expensive wigs!
Of course it was a complete misunderstanding and I was exonerated when my nemesis, Brook Trout, was found with the stolen goods.
Talk about a hair-raising experience!
NAR © 2023
85 Words
This is The Buckinghams doing “Kind of a Drag”. As if!
Please join me today
in The Rhythm Section
for another round of
Name That Tune!
https://rhythmsection.blog/
The sea kisses the shore
The clouds embrace the sky
Your lips whisper love words
upon my neck
My breasts ache for your touch
NAR © 2023
24 Words
This is Emile Pandolfi performing Ebb Tide – 1991
I cherished you
Once beloved
friend
confidant
brother
How you
eviscerated
me
Your eyes
radiate
hate
Your mouth
spews
Lies
Aspersions
Deceptions
Distortions
Fabrications
Dishonesty
Duplicity
Hypocrisy
Inaccuracy
Mendacity
Perfidy
You are
dead
to me
NAR © 2023
35 words
Ooh!
A complimentary gift certificate for a day at the spa!
Perfect for a little R&R.
Just some quality ‘me time‘ because I’m so worth it.
Caught up in the daily maelstrom of doing for everyone else.
This will be heavenly!
Ah, here we are.
Hmm, looks a bit spartan.
Anyone here?
Hello?
Anyone?
Well, shit!
NAR © 2023
56 Words
What great luck!
I caught the train in the nick of time and snagged the last seat.
I sighed, closed my eyes and dozed off.
Not one minute passed and the woman next to me started yakking.
She gabbed, blabbed and jabbered on.
I would have gladly strangled her but people were all around.
My head started pounding and I felt a migraine coming on.
This blatherskite wouldn’t shut up and I was trapped.
What rotten luck!
NAR © 2023
77 Words
My husband’s birthday is coming up soon.
He always says not to buy anything but I do and a card, too.
Have you checked out the prices of cards lately?
A Hallmark can cost as much as $8.00 or $9.00.
It’s paper, for crying out loud!
There’s no music or pop-ups – just a simple, do nothing card.
What a scam!
But he’s worth it.
NAR © 2023
64 Words
Fist pounding against
the pulpit, tongue wagging,
assuming you know more about
marriage
than the couples you
humiliate.
You are an
unseeing,
unfeeling,
unfulfilled
hypocrite.
NAR © 2023
26 Words
I hope you’ll join me today
in The Rhythm Section
for another game of
Name That Tune.
I’ll see you there!
https://rhythmsection.blog/
Damn! Have you seen the upper body on Michael B. Jordan? He’s the fine young actor who plays Adonis Creed in the new “Creed” movies.
And when I say ‘fine’, I mean fine.
Whether his goal is to get into shape, make award winning movies, encourage young athletes to get in the best shape possible or to leave a trail of panting women behind him, he has succeeded in all those endeavors.
Like his father Apollo Creed, he is one incredible specimen. Just saying.
NAR © 2023
84 Words
Weekend Writing Prompt #326
https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2023/08/26/weekend-writing-prompt-326-creed/
With all the horsecrap spewed by devious, fear-mongering bobble heads, how can there be impartiality?
NAR © 2023
15 Words
I GOT TO SEE THE STONES TODAY!
WHILE THEY’RE NOT A PANACEA FOR ALL MY ILLS, THEY SURE DO PUT SOME PEP IN MY STEP.
I WONDER IF THEY’RE GOING TO BE APPEARING IN THE SAME PLACE TOMORROW?
HOW COOL WOULD THAT BE!
NAR © 2023
44 words
The first time I felt my baby
move inside me,
I was in the bathtub.
I felt a tiny flutter in my belly
and thought “maybe”.
Then the water rippled
and my heart soared.
❤︎
NAR ©
34 words
A hat trick today:
Fandango’s Story Starter,
Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt
and
Linda G. Hill’s Stream of Consciousness.
Uno, due, tre and away we go!
Unlocking the door as quietly as I could, I slipped into the dark kitchen when my wife suddenly flicked on the lights, temporarily blinding me.
Quickly turning, I crashed into the refrigerator, breaking my nose. I fell to the floor, nose hemorrhaging, badly spraining my neck, wrist and ankle.
I sat there dejected, in agony.
My wife shrieked “Four nights this week. That’s a record! You’re outta here, you SOB!”
NAR © 2023
70 words exactly
The Elephant's Trunk 