Category: Wild Card
Kinisi 170
Moving at the speed of youth
A pinball machine of particulars
Among the many mysteries of adult life
I never understood how some people with a demanding career and a family or committed relationship found time to conduct an extramarital affair on the side.
I mean, just a primary relationship deserves more attention than it usually gets. Don’t they mix their communications? Which one said what or their preferences? As for names?
And yet some get away with it. Even habitually.
On the other hand, I doubt they would understand all the hours I’ve put into writing, either. What else am I missing? Dear?
Kinisi 169
Why is addiction
so much easier
than subtraction?
Most of the time
Death isn’t fair.
Kinisi 168
“God!” he cries
seemingly to no one
Kinisi 167
a place
as beautiful
as anywhere
on this planet
Kinisi 166
expanse of granite
mirrors
blaze in blue
water
Kinisi 165
my shoes not off for two weeks now
at least in the stinkin’ dream
Hey, Travis!
The annual torchlight parade is largely children, some accompanied by adults. It’s brief, but lots of smiles.
This year included a young woman carrying a big sign, and it still has me curious.
The words elicited an immediate laugh, and an assumption that they’re good news. She certainly seems happy, and we want to be happy for her.
At that point, though, I feel a writing prompt kick in.
Who is Travis? What’s the status of their relationship? Is he even somewhere in the crowd? Is she one of the Navy wives who came to town for the Fourth of July celebration and then joined their spouses for the cruise back to home port? Could this even be an attempt at shaming or is it instead her way of sharing the good news with family and friends, too?
What am I overlooking?
What’s your take? And which storyline would you develop?
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