“Look for hidden clues or evidence left behind, but shift active investigation to Singapore. Criminals no longer active here.” The email raises many more questions. How did they manage to skip airport security and leave the country? Are the systems adequate to detect fake passports? More important than that is how did the chief arrive … Continue reading Spying
I feel the profundity of the dream, except that it’s not a dream. I’m awake. I’m in my senses, but my eyes are shut. It is a kind of meditative state. In space in time I sit thousands of feet above the sea. Below I see floating islands tagged with names and dates of centuries, … Continue reading Surrender
“There’s a chink in the armour. I want details of the person who wrote these lines.” The dreamy-eyed, pretty assistant alerts herself, “Yes, Sir.” She is thinking her boss can never appreciate the softer side of human nature or intricacies of love. She loves the poetic expression. Henry, her boss reads her mind. “In Communications … Continue reading Clues
breathtaking are viewsfrom the top; it takes guts towalk on those terrains Weekend Writing Prompt
My friend cribs about her tough life in a sales job, her monstrous boss and unfair incentive schemes. Clearly, she does not enjoy her job - nor did I. But being conversant with something helped me navigate the downturns better. I steer the conversation to what she’d like to do – lounge around in pyjamas, … Continue reading On the other side
HIGH I see them jumping highchallenging their own dwarfnessnot accepting defeathoping to touch the targetand one day they do-my puppies have climbed the bed today LIGHT They are the light of my lifeBringing love and happinessI get carried away in their excitementReprimand them for damaging thingsSmiling when they don’t obeyWistfully, I long to have that … Continue reading Puppies
Welcome back! It has been a wonderful week for me with outstanding contributions to RXC#270. The links are posted in the weekly wrap below. Another highlight was a conversation with Susi Bocks. She needs no introduction on this space. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_yN28sXCb0 She came up with a bright suggestion that the theme for next week's prompt should … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #271
bleach metill you see my soul-shed imposed colourshistory, cultureexpectationsunrecognised mutationssuppressed motivation push that ladder awaydon’t use it to build your positionCaesar’s wife can be her own selfyour honour needs to be your ownyour thoughts, words and actionshun the movement frompossessiveness to possession bleach metill you see my souland I see yoursin black and whitereal, not … Continue reading Bleach me
There’s something magical about the room, but not in a nice way. Is Ellen imagining the figure on the wall, or is it really there? Dad told her not to make up imaginary friends or foes. Wait and watch if the object under observation can really harm. The figure does not move, but something leaps … Continue reading Preparedness
fiddle with objectsfor no reasonchange somethingthat doesn’t need changechannel-surf on televisionscroll down Instagramtill eyes acheask a puppy to fetch the ballhope his energy infuses me-It’s sheer boredom open a deviceget in a state of flowplay with wordslet something emergefrom my deepest coreeffortlessly I’m just a mediumI’m at my best dVerse Poetics hosted by Lisa
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