image link Raspy was a rowdy parrot. He’d been rehomed multiple times. His raspy raucousness got old a couple of weeks in, and then Raspy was on his way again. Raspy’s luck changed the day he was adopted by Clara and Renaldo, two clowns who traveled with the Minuet Circus nine months of the year….
Category: Word of the Day Challenge
She Dances, inspired by Daddy’z Breakdown’s, “How Hot You Are”
“How Hot You Are” by Daddy’z Breakdown, a Grand Rapids, MI band She dances under the mirrorball To the tunes of her favorite band. Wrists, ankles, ears, and eyes Shimmering with opulent jewels That glitter as she shakes. A crescent of eyes traveling Up and down her lithe frame Magic sparkles in them Capturing…
Lemmy and Rita at Work
image link image link Lemmy was a jocular sort of fellow who was the life of any party with just the guys. Be it deer hunting camp, a fishing trip, or a poker game, Lemmy kept the laughs rolling. Lemmy’s man cave was plastered with Farah posters and Playboy centerfolds. He had the best porn…
Janet and The General
General Sherman Janet was the original climber of General Sherman, a giant sequoia that is, by volume, the “largest known living single-stem tree on Earth.” Janet had lived in Tulare County, CA since she was born. She grew up five minutes away from the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park. As soon as she could…
Ode to Petunia
ephemeral petunia bloom alive for just one day trumpets light into the gloom to brighten along our ways food for honey- and bumble-bees hummingbirds as well colors bright to pull and please botany of desire swells they come as uprights in the ground or waves upon a vine petunias sing without a sound intoxicate like…
Snap-in Tools
image link Greeny had been suffering with a broken tooth for a week while her dentist was on vacation but today was the day of her appointment. The dentist, happy, tanned, and smiling, was ready to work again after his relaxing time on the ocean. His assistant took an x-ray and confirmed the took was…
The House of Chronos
photo by Chad Michael Ward Mlady Crumpet Chronos has been the reigning kingpin of her flower region for fifty years. Roses, peony, iris, gladiolus, geranium, tulips, and daffodils are her realm. When aficionados want the best, they come to the House of Chronos. Starting her career in the fields as a laborer, she learned the…
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