Hardtack Rat: chewing on life one bite at a time
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MicroPoem 111
Photo by Wei Fukuyama on Unsplash A blue jay bathes hastily in a puddle Then perches in the branches above As an officer approaches from behind To maybe write a ticket for not stopping
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MicroPoem 110
Photo by Hillshire Farm on Unsplash Not an apple was ett But the sandwich was bit
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MircoPoem 109
Photo by Hans Isaacson on Unsplash Like a Duracell battery, mostly black This tree’s trunk is mainly a shade of gray Containing a copper hue, when seen closer up
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MicroPoem 108
Photo by Dane Deaner on Unsplash To anyone who says, “Ah ha, the tables have turned!” I would say, “Yay, I love turntables!” and leave grinning.
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MicroPoem 107
Photo by Hipster Mum on Unsplash What’s that sensation called before you sneeze? Like pure adrenaline pumped into your nostrils? Anyway, I pop a sneeze one time in the service.
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Photo by Mathew Schwartz on Unsplash Waiting, as you do at funerals, I think How many people can this one foyer hold
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MicroPoem 105
Our cat, Charlie, is sometimes Broody or rude and, rarely, clingy Sometimes we like to do a “Dear Diary” I’m his voice, which is completely imaginary Of course…
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MicroPoem 104
Mix a Pomeranian and a poodle From Rosebud, and you get Rosie Or, as I call her, our little Pom-a-poozie
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MicroPoem 103
Photo by Live Richer on Unsplash Paying my taxes to Prairie County I discover the office for tax collecting With employees named Misti and Kristi
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MicroPoem 102
Photo by Modar Kajo on Unsplash STANZA 1 The best roads are those not on maps The dirt ones that are newly trekked Shifting seamlessly into rocks and cracks Hiked by all manner of life STANZA 2 You travel beside a river going bloop, bloop And follow the splish splash of wooden debris Stop near…
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