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If in my dreams I may perceive myself to be

One who walks among gods and angels,

Or flies as free as the owl between midnight trees,

Or that I dine at the tables of the wealthy and elite,

That I love with all my heart famous kings and queens –

Then can it be true to say I have experienced all this

In an essence, as though I were fully awake?

And what if, when I awake, I suddenly understand

That the reality I inhabit is one where I stand

Among devils and thieves, that I am incarcerated

Like the canary in a cage against my will;

That I pluck bones from poor broth with fellow proles

Ten pounds the heavier for the sweat and the dust

That clings to our skin from a day’s gruelling toil,

And that my only love is the common rose?

Yet, what if…

THIS WEEK’S WORDS come from “New Bathing Suit” by Terri Kirby Erickson: lotus, lap, little, memory, my, made, water, wrists, window, flap, floating, fill

Time stole his most prized possession

He filled his time with nonsense things

Floating, running with no strings

Little did he knows need expression

Time laps

He’s still in the water

Flapping up and down

With water lilies and lotus

Then doing silly things

Not a care in the world

He’s made his bed living like kings

His window’s full no cohesion

Doing stuff with no reason

No useful memory that rings

And then one day

He knows it’s too late

To bring back the time

His youth is gone

His memory is blurred

His wrist’s weak, so is his body

Dapat di nya sinayang

Ang oras

(he shouldn’t have wasted his time)*

(c) ladyleemanila 2021

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For: Reena’s Xploration Challenge #189 – Reena Saxena (wordpress.com),

There are 5 new hens in the hen house, which gives me something to crow about, because I am the only rooster.  People think that roosters crow at dawn, but I will crow my heart out whenever I like and I am a late sleeper.  If any other roosters dare to try to come near my hens, you can bet that I am going to crow and then I am going to kick some rooster butt.  Nobody is ever going to figure out why that chicken crossed the road and if you ask me most of them are completely nuts, but I have an innate need to crow and I will crow in the morning, at noon, during the night, and pretty much any time in between that and it being two minutes after seven, this looks like a good enough time for me to crow.

I am not very…

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Welcome back!

I want to change the mood to a light-hearted tone this week.

PROMPT #189

The images look funny, but the interpretation and theme is your choice. It’s not necessary that you have to write a humorous piece.

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I am an early bird, looking for that first worm

Up with the first beam of sunlight, I call out

To all those still slumbering, oblivious to the day’s challenges

Get up and grab the opportunities 
Time is wasting, get up and go

I need some rest now that I’ve lived a full life

Been to places, seen the world, did all that I wanted

I lived at a hectic pace, cramming everything in a short space 

Now I can sleep the sleep of contentment, without stress

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I’ve decided to treat both the images as a challenge and response. The first…

Reena’s Exploration challenge

AWAKENING

The Cock reminisced,

‘I have to up my skills,

No strength in my “cock a doodle doo”,

Losing my job of, AWAKENING THE WORLD,

To viruses.’

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Inspired by Eugi’s Weekly Prompt – Network & Reena’s Exploration Challenge #189

kermit wishes he were more
than just an iconic symbol
on the tv network

a rooster wonders
when he’ll stop being synonymous
with an alarm clock

while the million others
with no direction
fantasize of recognition