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[spikeydinosaur]

Writing Prompt Wednesday, Week 10

Today’s writing prompt is actually tomorrow’s because time zones! This one is taken from Writers Write, posted on 3/9/2023: “They argued about him buying a Tesla.”

They argued about him buying a Tesla, but he bought one anyway.

It’s what he always did–whatever the hell he wanted, sanity and finances be damned. The complex didn’t even have a charging station; he charged the stupid thing in the courthouse parking lot while he worked in the coffee shop next door.

It’s better for the environment, he claimed. His car was falling apart, he claimed. It was his turn for something new, he claimed.

What about that house we’d been saving up for, I asked?

He’s so dramatic, my husband. He must have spent hours practicing his eye roll because it was perfection. And the frustrated groan that accompanied it? The kid next door must have taught him that.

But he waaaaannnnttttssss iiiiitttttttt......

That’s what it sounded like as it rattled around in my brain, all guttural and Gollum-like.

My Precious. That what I’ve named it.

He got his wish. There really was no other living with him without that shiny hunk of metal depreciating below our balcony for the next few years. In a lot full of decades-old Toyotas and Oldsmobiles, My Precious sticks out like a curvy, sleek, sore thumb.

I see our neighbors staring at it, grimacing at its audacity. What the hell is it doing there? This isn’t a place for Teslas. Caring for the environment is expensive business, and who has the money for that when tending to family is a much better use of one’s limited funds?

I’m so tired of rice and canned food, of peanut butter and jelly, of butter on crackers. But we have a gaping wound on wheels just outside that should make me happy somehow?

I hear they burn for hours. Wouldn’t that be unfortunate? My precious, meet Mt. Doom.

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[heyktd-blog]

An Opportunity to Go to the Moon (1/365)

Reese lansangan’s “An Opportunity to Go to the Moon” 

I think it’s funny that at some point in our life, we’d think it’d be good for us to run away from all the things that made us stay in the first place. People might think running away is such a cowardly thing to do but I honestly think that it takes some courage to run away, especially when one runs away from everything to find peace.

Listening to reese’s song made my heart sink honestly because I look at life like how she wrote it in the song. I read comments about her song and they interpreted her song as a love song but to me, the song was deeper than that. It was deeper than just her asking someone to go with her to the moon. To me, the song felt like a goodbye. Not the type of goodbye you’d feel sad about though, It was a hopeful goodbye. A goodbye that was looking forward to something better ahead and it would be great to have someone accompany her but at the end of the day, she was still saying goodbye. 

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[wanderessoflove]

Not this one

"No heart, not this one."

I am sorry as I say the words,

But somehow things got absurd

And his void blocked out my sun.

Somehow I was drenched again,

Lost, confused and in vain

Wondering how I'm back in this place,

The same heartbreak with another face.

"No heart, stand tall now."

I plead as the dead weight drags me down

Along with every memory of us in this town

I need to straighten up, someone tell me how.

Tell me there's more to live for,

Many moons and palm trees waiting for me,

A lighthouse with my name just by the sea.

And that the one I can call my own won't be too far.

"No heart, don't burn out."

We've done this before, we are the phoenix

Rise in love, with love and find your fix

Dance away your pain, and your every doubt.

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[edengayle]

I don’t have a caption. I put my deep thoughts into this. Once they’re on the page, I let them rest. ～ #artandsoul #poetrycorner #spilledinkpoetry #spilledpoetry #artform #writingaway #poems #poetrycommunity #art #writingcommunity #blues #thoughts #wordsandwhattheymean #words #wordsbyeg https://www.instagram.com/p/CAaS0TYFmEO/?igshid=1k7wf8dai1j52

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[just-a-slytherin-student]

12/13/17 Back home, doing some journaling now. It’s such a nice way to unwind after a long week (even though it’s only Wednesday!). Do you guys have any fun writing prompts? Let me know :)

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[wordsoncanvas]

Believe in soft glowing lights in children’s dreams of red and green in delicate snowflakes in the Beauty of renewed Hope. Believe in the quiet Magic of the season. - © A.A. Duval, “Believe” instagram.com/soulful_whisperz #believe #poetsofig #poetsoftheworld #writingaway #writtenwords #magicoftheseason #writersnetwork #ministryofpoeticaffairs #wordswithqueens #poetess #womenwriters #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #poetry #poetryandprose #herheartpoetry #writerscorner #worldwidepoetry #bymepoetryamerica #artlixirpoetry #authorsofinstagram #honestlyworded

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[randomlynavi]

Who all is participating in InCoWriMo this month? I’ve been looking forward to it all year! 😉 #writing #navikwrites #incowrimo2020 #letters #cards #writingaway #february2020 (at Turlock, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Da_bUFbAR/?igshid=17m8qrrpm67ot

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[importantmilkshakedetective]

The Confession

The Indian woman sits out on her balcony, tears streaming down her face. On cue, Peter walks out with his trusty tray of tea.

“Must you always find me crying out here?” remarked the woman as Peter performs his routine.

“Must you always put yourself on the path of pain?” retorted the butler.

The woman snorted through the tears. She adjusted herself in her seat. “Well if you must know, we have been secretly seeing each other for a while now. Of course, you know that. Seldom things pass you Peter.” The butler smirked at the compliment. The woman continues. “Somewhere along the line, it became an endless cycle of ‘I love you, I love you not.’ I became tired of it. Frankly, I am tired of it. I couldn’t handle it anymore.” The woman shivers from the invisible breeze. “So what did I do? I confronted him. I am such an idiot.”

“No you are not Madam. You needed to end the painful cycle. You did what was needed.” comforted the butler. The woman smiled. Tears are still trickling down her face.

“I wish you weren’t right. Well we had a long painful conversation. We talked about his conflicted feelings for me. Funny enough, he never had the decency to ask me of mine. Back and forth we go, arguing that we love each other and he arguing we don’t have a future together. We fought this battle and I was ready for him to defeat me. To end it once and for all. Dramatic right?” chuckled the woman. “However, at the last moment, he told me he loves me. He told me he seriously loves me. No doubts whatsoever. I have waited so long for him to finally confirm his feelings for me. I used to dream of the day he admitted his love for me. But do you know what’s the worst part?”

The butler raised his eyebrow and sipped his tea in anticipation. The woman strengthen her grip on her cup. The tears increasingly fell from her eyes as she struggle to say the next words. “I did not believe him for one moment.”

Down below, horns honked and people chattered. The world continued as the woman’s heart shattered at the confession.

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[nidwritesworld]

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[freckles1231]

#Repost @the_blank_verse_ with @get_repost ・・・ Nightmares gone . Art via the brilliant @broken_isnt_bad . #theblankverse #poeticgeisha #bymepoetry #writesagram #writersofinstagram #writersofig #writerbynature #poetsofinstagram #poeticthoughts #poetry #lovewritingsomuch #lovetoowrite #writingaway #poetsofig #poetsagram #lovewords #thewordlife #wordsagram #thinkingoutloud #pennedthoughts #pennedwords #meandmywords #meandmypen #wordsoftheday #poetry #words #care #love

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[saramackenzie1982]

Haven't you ever inserted your foot in your mouth? Oh. Yeah. 🙋‍♀️ They always said that loose lips sink ships. Think that apples to people too? It's nothing I did wrong. Nothing is going on, I can reassure you. But looking at my stories, I'm finding that the human experience still exists, even in fiction. 🙃 #Fiction #HumanExperience #LooseLipsSinkShips #FootInMouth #NothingToSeeHere #JustAnAuthor #WritingAway #DareYouToRead #MyBooks #ThisSeries #ToTheStars #Regrets #NothingGoingOn #DownTheWrongRoad #GotBack #WatchYourWords https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd9K5nHvPYL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[mypincushionhues-blog]

Your enchanting heart captures my mind. ⭐️❤️⭐️❤️⭐️❤️⭐️❤️ . .. ... .... ⭐️❤️⭐️❤️⭐️❤️⭐️❤️ #writersnetwork #writersofinsta #wrotetoday #writingaway #poetryofig #poetrybyme #poetsofig #poemsofinstagram #poemsbyme #wordsmith #wordscandomagic #scribbles #musingsoftheheart #heart #mind #heartandmind #originalpiece #khueswords #KHUESWORDS

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[wanderessoflove]

A rebellion of post-its

I saw the post-its fall from the wall. A smiled spilled out, without reason, in sadness like it does sometimes. They try too.

To hold on by virtue of their nature. To not disappoint and carry the scribbled scripts like secrets that needed reminding they existed in the first place. But now they were failing. No, falling with a taste of freedom. Giving in to gravity. Forgetting a pointless purpose that others stamped on them.

Oh my, look at the sun. It sets, it rises; both have started looking the same. So have those plastic bags stuck to logs in once-pristine waters. Those pretty wrapping papers stuffed heartlessly into the muck of actual garbage, of decay. And wires -- knotting themselves over in hope of staying unplugged, making a mess of themselves. Its not a beautiful mess anymore. Its just chaos.

Loud, unforgiving, inescapable chaos. The kind of dark shadow that lurks in the wild even if the sun is shining down brutally bright. It's always there, tinting my tiny glories. I'm beginning to believe in this stronger. I'm seeing that there's no strength in trying to be strong -- either you are, or you're not. Trying is as good as faking. Asking for this chaos to set in your moment of doubt, or second guessing, of weakness, of confusion. How do I know?

Because I paused a second too long after I tripped. And the rot set in me like the burning sun. It didn't matter if I found the cool shade right after, if I slathered sunscreen on my scorched skin. The seemingly harmless sun brought those resident shadows that did all this damage. And now it festers inside. Making me puppet with my nerves at the will of its mercy.

The chaos birthed by confusion. Its deceptive shadow. That reckless spy of a sun. Those double-dead plastic bags. These naive wrapping papers. The writhing wires. A rebellion of post-its. And my heart, last in the order of things that hold on.

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[edengayle]

This thought of “one life” has been with me for a few years now. It can be a scary thought, or exciting depending on how you take it. For me, it is the push I need to do better and do more and to search for what really matters. ～ #goodmorning #writingaway #lifequotes #goodmorningwednesday #wordy #purpleaesthetic #onelife #purpose #whatdoesitmean #domore #writingthoughts #writingcommunity #words #justthoughts #wordsbyeg https://www.instagram.com/p/CB0UBRPlV7P/?igshid=z0hf569zy1nt

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[deletemegood-blog]

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[styleontheside]

Coffee and books on a Tuesday afternoon? Yes please! @wrzenie_swiata #coffeeandbooks #warsawafternoon #summerinthecity #writingaway #styleontheside #writer #canadianabroad #canadianblogger (at Warsaw, Poland)

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