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Monday, April 25, 2011

DAY 25 - NAPOWRIMO 2011

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Brenda at Beyond the Bozone set us a wordle using the following words: cheap, steal, tissue, tattoos, quenching, pinwheels, replenish, piquant, diminished, creep, eternal, sharp, squeeze


INDELLIBLE

Sharp shooter, standing by
to squeeze artistic trigger,
designed tattoos proclaiming
promise of eternal life.

…They didn’t steal the creep show.

They (just like those pinwheels
of responsibility)
diminished to a three-ply
tissue of lies, lies, lies.

Merely cheap, fast comfort food
served with a piquant relish.
No intent to replenish;
just to leave a raging thirst

…that knows no quenching drink

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13 comments:

  1. brenda wApril 25, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    Stan, This is great! Anything to keep them drinking... I love thre-ply tissue of lies, lies, lies. ha!

    FYI I started a blog site where I'll post Sunday wordles even after this month.
    http://sundaywhirl.blogspot.com/
    Check it out. Of course, they'll still show up at the Bozone, too.
    ~Brenda

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  2. ElizabethApril 25, 2011 at 11:02 AM

    Love how you used the wordle words to create a very vivid image with rather tasty almost tempting details. Great stuff,

    Elizabeth

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  3. Stan SkiApril 25, 2011 at 2:06 PM

    Thanks to:
    Brenda; I'll take a look at that.
    Elizabeth; Interesting set of words this time.

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  4. JinksyApril 25, 2011 at 3:42 PM

    You did a great juggling act with the words - loved pinwheels of responsibility...

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  5. AnonymousApril 25, 2011 at 4:07 PM

    A bleak poem.

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  6. Ron.April 25, 2011 at 4:26 PM

    Good one, Stanski.
    "Merely cheap, fast comfort food
    served with a piquant relish..."     It's the American way, eh?

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  7. Stan SkiApril 25, 2011 at 4:36 PM

    Thanks to:
    Jinksy; They did take a bit of juggling.
    I'mnotaverse; I think the words made it lean that way.
    Ron; It's the way of the world!

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  8. MaryApril 25, 2011 at 6:47 PM

    I can definitely picture that thirst!

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  9. Stan SkiApril 25, 2011 at 8:55 PM

    Thanks Mary; I hope you can't feel it...

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  10. flaubertApril 25, 2011 at 10:58 PM

    "Merely cheap, fast comfort food
    served with a piquant relish." Interesting use of the "piquant", Stan. Excellent poem.

    Pamela

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  11. Mr. WalkerApril 26, 2011 at 5:25 AM

    Great title - I like the idea of indelible ink in the tattoos, but also an indelible thirst at the end.

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  12. AnonymousApril 26, 2011 at 6:17 AM

    Enjoyed your use of the wordle words, Stan! Great job!! (I liked the use of "pulling the artistic trigger!)

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  13. Stan SkiApril 26, 2011 at 3:06 PM

    Thanks to:
    Pamela;
    Mr.Walker;
    Whenwordsescape;

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