plot lines

conflict

propels
compels
impels
repels

pellere

to drive

one direction
or another

even backwards

but motion
nonetheless

without conflict
the story
goes
no place
fast

stale
stagnant
soul-sucking symmetry

to avoid conflict
is to avoid life

to write a book
no one wants to read

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This was inspired by my 6th grader’s language arts lesson on “plot” and an assignment to look for the “conflict” in the books they are reading. We had a good, long, talk about conflict.

Happy daddy heart + poetry inspiration = win/win.