Tag: ragtag daily prompt
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Wave / Figment
RDP: WaveFOWC: Figment These waves are a figment of my imaginationOf our collective beliefProblems washed out to seaPulled away as we lounge on the shoreA collective fatigueRoasting on the boardwalkWe try to collect itPay copper coins to taste itThey clang into an endless bucketWhile our tongues shrivelThere’s no water hereNo salve for our burnsThese waves…
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Austere / Lollygag
Welcome back to Stream of Consciousness Sundays, where I have a random word and write for whatever comes to mind for a certain amount of time (5-10 minutes). Today is 5 minutes (more or less) Word: Austere – FOWC & Lollygag – RDP Austere words line the hall Pictures in which we lay Slow smiles…
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Sangfroid, Instead and Vampires
RDP: SangfroidFOWC: Instead Offering a sort of sangfroid, the music was unlike anything the crowd had ever heard. Notes weaving from the stage slid their ways into the patrons brains. They swayed. They bounced. They flailed. They … except Marlon. A singular bastion of disgust in a sea of enthralled fish. Marlon watched the band…
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We Don’t Have To Stay
Slowly this aberration emerged, a plume of thick smoke sneaking between the cracks in the wall. We were no longer welcome here. As if the stiff lipped fear ever meant we could stay. A collective thought grew among us, slow and warming, passed in the offering plate from one to another and nurtured with each…
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You Are Not Gossamer
“My confidence is gossamer.” “Gossamer?” “Gossamer.” “That guy was pretty confident I guess.” “That guy?” “Yeah, the heart guy. The big monster one. Like an olden days Kool-Aid man.” “I don’t think … Gossamer is a word. It’s not a person or monster or whatever you’re talking about.” “No offense, I know my Bugs Bunny.…