always a double standard

the wizard said,
to his client,
drink this elixir
never mind the
purple tinge
twice a day,
for a week, and
you will achieve
epic symbiosis
with the woman
of your fantasies
it’s even covered
by your insurance

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year round flowers

a rattling winter
precedes stormy spring
at garden centers
mulch and flats exit
to swagger of
amateur botanists

The Twiglets prompt

I understand how you feel

never meaningless
hug as lovers long parted
wind slams door behind

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Haiku Horizons prompt

lost key to your heart
soft hug at door reveals truth
meaningless gesture

the heat feels good

ninety three million
miles ordinary sunrise
the last one someday

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tossed out like garbage

Taste salt. Rounded belly. Surf calls.

For Sometimes Stellar six word story challenge of ‘Transgression’.

if the storage fits

there was nothing scarier than the woods at night
so they chopped the trees down for fuel and cottages
with minimal forethought abandoned farms to huddle
acceptance of less privacy for convenience and safety
in fact was a symptom of a cunning plot of compliance
only a few not gulled by spoke person’s babyish innocence
shunned as survivalists living off the grid and roots
espoused self-reliance and eschewed politics as usual

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Three Word Wednesday prompt

the terroir of good taste

on hillsides blinking in sun
rooted deep into tradition
wild yeast coats globules
dripping from those grapevines
spinning instant innuendos
where barrels still molder
deep in cool limestone caves

The Twiglets prompt

jaded hypocrisy

in Hearst’s day every
paper directional slant
part and parcel with
edited power agenda to
conquer public opinion
and foster deregulation
allowing business to
flourish richly like a
rosebud in manure
every pie apportioned
per quid pro quo
only controversy
when public servant
bucked tradition
and stood for the
common working man
a label dismissed as
anarchist then communist
standing in the way
of progress and wealth
was/as/always un-American

Controversy: ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin controversia, from controversus ‘turned against, disputed,’ from contro- (variant of contra- ‘against’) + versus, past participle of vertere ‘to turn.’

Conquer: ORIGIN Middle English (also in the general sense ‘acquire, attain’): from Old French conquerre, based on Latin conquirere ‘gain, win,’ from con- (expressing completion) + quaerere ‘seek.’

Label: ORIGIN Middle English (denoting a narrow strip or band): from Old French, ‘ribbon,’ probably of Germanic origin and related to lap1.

those poor monks

luck prayed at vespers
short sighted from ink stained search
wiki click expert

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Haiku Horizon prompt

Luck: ORIGIN late Middle English (as a verb): perhaps from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch lucken. The noun use (late 15th cent.) is from Middle Low German lucke, related to Dutch geluk,German Glück, of West Germanic origin and possibly related to lock1.

Search: ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French cerchier (verb), from late Latin circare ‘go around,’ from Latin circus ‘circle.’

how do you spell that?

I need a word for huge
large?
bigger
enormous?
no, gargantuan, but bigger
how about massif?
what does that mean?
it’s French
forget it, I’ll use massive, thanks for nothing.

Massive: ORIGIN late Middle English: from French massif, -ive, from Old Fre massis, based on Latin massa (see mass).