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No False Flags Here – #SoCS

I couldn’t be Pride-lier.

ally, Pride, Pride Flag, SoCS, youth

groundhog day(s)

Each day lives inside all the days lived before

Oh My Gosh, Does That Suck…

I can take criticism as well as the next guy.

management, morale, shit sandwich

factlings

I’m having one of those mornings.

Facts, feelings, non-binary

hide and seek

“alle alle auch sind frei”

#picandawordchallenge, #pixtowords, alle alle auch sind frei, closeted, coming out, fear, hiding

weird invites

“If you want to come over tomorrow – you can”

accept, decline, Invitation, RSVP

the blender

A month goes by, then years, they blend

blender, cycles, futility, green juice, important, smoothie, time

the end? – narcissi, revisited

The end was not what I had expected.

Death, growth, Life, narcissus, presumptions, progress, SoCS, time, waiting

Waitin’ for Moby to Show

There’s some up top and some below, Just waitin’ for Moby to show (Huh!)

#FFFocus, Sea Shanty, TikTok, Wellerman, whaling

Frozen Heart

There’s beauty and there’s danger here – Split the ice apart!

Disney, Frozen, Frozen Heart

deconstructing

If oft you feel like options lack, refuse to see things “white” or “black”

All You Need is Love, Beatles, Jesus

hidden by the bright

filtered light is still quite bright
and even more revealing

#picandawordchallenge, #pixtowords, bright, clouds, diffuse, hide, shadows, sunlight

second place is first loser?

Not playing is better, he reckoned.

competition, contentment, first loser, quitter

the unlit candle

I may have done the gifting wrong

atmosphere, candles, light, mood, unwanted gifts, warmth

Pokin’ and Prayin’ – #SoCS

If you Capitalize Random Words, they hold more God Power. Little known fact. You’re welcome.

#SoCS, Bible, Divination, interpretation, Intolerance

Benjifer Bones – #FFFocus

“Benjifer Bones” the old cat intones, “shall never be one of those usual drones”

#FFFocus, Practical Cats, T.S. Eliot, Transgender, Ze, Zir

Wrung Out

hazard the hopeful exhalation.

adulting, parenting, self-care

Thank you, Numbers. Thank you.

So, have a good life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

erasure poetry

Another Land

Yo soy de otra tierra

Lifeguard on Duty

I keep moving my arms away, but those ossified weights just keep pulling her under.

drowning, dversepoets.com, parenting, Prosery, responsibility, sinking, swimming

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