Ergo, the Ogre
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Montenegro Street
Yay! It’s Song Lyric Sunday again. This week Jim Adams has asked us to explore elevator music. One song immediately comes to mind: The Girl from Ipanema. The Story The song was inspired by Heloísa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto (now known as Helô Pinheiro), a seventeen-year-old girl living on Montenegro Street in Ipanema.[11] Daily, she would stroll past…
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Almost
Three martinis in: Night breeze whispers your name and I can almost feel you — swear I sense your presence — almost feel your caress, taste your lush, greedy lips as they brush mine. Almost. Almost. I inhale deep deeper and try to trying savor the scent of you. A lung-full of sweet balmy air,…
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Bringing It
Whenever you bring something new to the table it stinks up the room.
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Mind’s Eye
The Naani form is a four-line poem that has 20-25 syllables. The first two lines provide the subject that the next two bring to an interesting close. Memories of the lifeWe should’ve sharedLive happily ever afterIn my mind’s eye.
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Seoul Food
This week at Friday Fictioneers, Rochelle has chosen the image below by Roger Bultot as our visual prompt. 100 words. “Hey, Chung?” Ling glanced around. “You hungry?” Chung shrugged. “A little, maybe.” “I could go for a burrito. Y’know, like from Chubby’s back ho —” “Man, what are you talkin’ about?” Chung blustered. “We’re in…
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aka, The Abject Muse 