“Looks like the trees fell in yesterday’s storm…” “It is of lesser consequence than the decline in business. I keep cleaning the tables, but there are no customers.” “You never know. Maybe people came to enjoy the shade on sunny days….” “I’ve asked the municipal authorities to get the trees replanted somewhere else.” “Get them … Continue reading Leading nowhere
Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on Pexels.com Prompt sentence It is very hard to write this way, beginning things backward… –The Torrents of Spring (1926) ALTERNATE PROSE & POETRY Who will read my autobiography? It is an excuse I give myself, every time the thought occurs. Reality is different. it bleeds Why open wounds? it's intense … Continue reading Memoirs
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com No ... I'm not down and outif that's what you wish to seeI'll live on my terms, let the world be damned Yes, I still have my cloutthough I'm not smiling with gleeI'm in full control, I know where I stand don't look at me like thisI'm no object … Continue reading Biggest Discovery
Photo by Brett Jordan on Pexels.com I like living in closed spaces with curtains drawn. The solstice may pass unnoticed in a lockdown situation. Heavy rains and dark clouds, anyway play a partial block to daylight. I wonder if day and night look forward to equality for six months, or is it something they take … Continue reading Benchmarks
I had a life of my own, then...I don't know what hit my worldloud wails demanding somethinglogic thrown to the winds I don't know what hit my worldI just live from day to daylogic thrown to the windsbecame a giant with feet of clay I just live from day to dayI had a life of … Continue reading Moving away…
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“Hey, do you realise what I say is distinctly different from what you say. We are two different schools of thought under the same roof.” “Sure, we are. But we have the same set of visitors lounging around and deep-diving into our core.” “Maybe they are using their set of analytical tools to understand evolution … Continue reading Inaudible satire
Photo by Maksim Romashkin on Pexels.com I dig in my heels in the groundand the unknown knocks....making me want to fly againI dislodge from the ground and the unknown knocks....Truth harsh, triggering escapeI dislodge from the groundand take a leap of faith Truth harsh, triggering escapeI dig my heels in the groundand take a leap … Continue reading Leap of faith
Inequality pervades the system, so that equality remains a cherished goal. Solstices are celebrated because the seemingly opposing forces of day and night are equal only twice in a year…. The pages of the diary flutter as he drops it off. It never struck him that she was feeling neglected and the inferior being in … Continue reading Solstice
The cafe began to feel like her only real home. The best of her talent is being put to use, and it’s not just about culinary perfection. Organisational tasks from procurement to serving and cleaning up, sales management, manpower planning, book-keeping, managing a decent profit margin and ploughing back a part of the profits in … Continue reading Cafe
