Whirling dervish and unbearable jumping greeter when visitors came to call, he made it clear he was unbearably glad to see you and ignoring him was impossible. He would return to his place at my or Bob’s feet as our irreplaceable silent forever. I remember him in the yard, walking amongst the chickens, playing chase….
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dVerse — quadrille #102 — Tapestry
Tapestry Fuzzy crimson splotches Warped blossoms Viral entanglements Crude pills on the weft Tactile levity severed Too many hanging threads Dangling dust magnets I need a good shake Laid on the line Chill breeze Tightening my weave Beaten with purpose Until my surface is flush Mish is today’s host for dVerse. Mish says: Pen…
Dotty Dear dVerse OLN
Dotty Dear Her thin white hairs Float in the air, Stick to my clothes, Go up my nose – They’re everywhere! Cat on my chest, Her own bequest; Claws say I’m hers; So do her purrs – Food is her quest. Lillian is today’s host of dVerse today, for Open Link Night.
dVerse — soup de jour
Born from Mother Chaos and Father Order Mother vivid, brash, capricious, and tormented Father drab, introverted, obsessed, and tormented Each ordered in their imbalances, each oblivious I acknowledge order whether I see it or like it or not, for The paradox of order is in chaos and the illusion of control. My hypervigilance is on…
dVerse — prosery 12 — Alive
They lived above the clouds, far from the germs and messiness they’d lied and cheated themselves away from. Luxury abodes with multi-dimensional holodecks immersed them in fairytale landscapes, where things were flawless. Blossoms never wilted; butterflies immortal. Crystal springs gurgled and the insects never bit. Lovers always smiled. When the virus hit on the planet…
dVerse — Switch
They wait for me beyond the door To steal from me my somber scene To play in hue and nothing more They dot my view with rose and green The peonies, new on the scene A princely frog kerplunks in ditch From gloom to bright, a magic switch Today’s seven lines are…
dVerse — Visions of Pangaea
In the year of perfect vision We went blind with hysteria Isolates of touch’ rescission In the year of perfect vision Find a cure became our mission In a lab in Tanzania In the year of perfect vision Plates shift back – now saved Pangaea Note: in plate tectonic theory, Pangaea is a hypothetical…
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