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All of a sudden I slid right down her voice into her living room.  – John Updike

 

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read this writing prompts blog every day. but I rarely take the time to follow through and write something because I rarely if ever have the time.  Lately I am prompted to write because I have been largely inspired by this great guy who contacted me last week.  His writing is the type that makes my little poet corner of my heart sour.  He’s amazing…and to think I didn’t know he existed over a week ago.  I didn’t ask Scott  if I could link him but I am linking because you shouldn’t really be missing out on his poetry.  Don’t you like my assumptions?  I know I do.  Today’s writing prompt was

Write a short poem using the following words:

tab
caps lock
shift
control
enter
backspace
end
delete
home
insert
page
up
down
escape

Love is still my novelty

I lean back in my chair disgruntled
by the constant dilemna
Sticky caps lock = writing block
I begin typing my bestseller brought
home by the fact that I can’t escape
I slink up and down my ideas
on the page, yet feelings are too full to drain
Insert the good and delete the bad I think
Of…of you
my sense of control whispers out of the room
I write…
tab, clickety, tab, space, backspace, pause…
I shift, in my chair that is to say
my keys stick as I enter one thought
You…the beginning
My first departure from the end
My escape from fear
The words now flow
because
of
you, you, you

I love Chloe more than almost anything….except of course my son and my husband. But there are day’s when my love for Chloe tips the scales. However, Chloe is not uber friendly. She will tolerate people after she gets to know them and IF they give her bones and lots of love. It took her a bit to warm up to Keith but now she loves him madly. When my friends come to visit she barks like crazy. She’s also nipped my Pest Control guy twice!!! My one coworker friend thinks Chloe’s racist. My other friend thinks she’s just plain “mean”.

Of course because I love her and because she’s far from mean to me, I make up tons of excuses for her. “She’s cranky becaues she doesn’t know you”, “Do you let strangers touch you?”, etc. etc. In my world Chloe can do not wrong.

Today I got the following email from my friend.

“I thought that this was your dog, until I saw the description that read “Friendly” craigslist.org”

I couldn’t help but laugh. However, for the record, I still adore Chloe….madly and completely. I even might like that she’s not so so friendly because that means she’s in MY lap and no one else’s. I wrote back to my friend, “Of course that is not Chloe, Chloe is more beautiful!!!”   Yes, that is what I do when people notice Chloe’s naughty side, point out how pretty she is….it’s a deflection technique. See it works…..you can’t look at her and believe for a minute that she could be mean??? her??? mean???? no way.

Here you can learn what it is

I didn’t know what it was.  These are the things you learn when your last undergrad class is an Environmental one.  Now that I know, I can’t buy it.  Might cause cancer?  Toxic to algae?  No thanks.

was one of those weekends when Rick and I got to spend tons of time together.  This accounts for why I’m at work with a smile on my face today.  I’m sure of it.