Flash Fiction 55 -- Little Grey Squirrel -- Open Link Monday

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Little Grey Squirrel, Stopped 
 

Little grey Squirrel, stopped on my back porch

He wants to see what he can see from there
 

Was a brown dog out back, ready to bark

I know he'd like to chase me up his tree
 

Where's the calico kitten's milk today

She always shares her milk with me, my friend

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Photo and poem copyright, Jimmiehov 2014, all rights reserved

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Today I am liked with Fireblossom at the Real Toads, Flash Fiction 55 (Link)

She said this for instructions: "...write a poem or a piece of flash fiction in exactly fifty-five words, no more, no less. Any subject; children, shoes, nervous breakdowns, whatever..."

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Update:  Linked in again with Magaly (Real Toads Open Link Monday)(Link)

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Mother, Why?

 

Mother, why do I have to go

Seeing doctors is archaic

Why can't we just Skype him right now

We'd better put on some lipstick 

Girl, not so fast, do you hear me

The doctor needs to see you there

Wants to thunk your knee, see you jerk

Look down your throat and in your ears 

I'll open wide and you can thunk

He can see it all on the Skype

My friends do all that plus they text

Send my heart rate, temp, and BP 

Don't be silly, get in the car

He needs a lot more for your school

Feel your skin and poke your tummy

Take blood and your pee, give you shots 

No, I won't go, don't tell me more

To your room! Text me when you'll go
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Picture, Poem Copyright 2009, 2014, © Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved

 

Today I'm linked with Kerry at the Real Toads, Can You Hear Me? (link)

Kerry's challenged, "Our Challenge today is to consider this theme of alienation, what it means to really hear and respond to the needs of others ..."

The picture is of our Adi (beagle dog, may she RIP) on her way to the vet.  She knew where she was going and that really wasn't her first choice.  This picture was originally posted on my other blog, February 21, 2009, as Adi Can ... Have a hard day  (link)

Play it again -- Pick your fortune cookie



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Superstitions

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Good news!

Older man's worst fear laid to rest today

"No more zipper worries" the cookie told

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But then,

Tea leaves read aloud by his dearest friend.

"Bain of mankind, dread of snaps comes to haunt"

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Poem Copyright 2014, © Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved

Picture from Ella, Wednesday, July 20, 2011 http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2011/07/poetic-exercise.html 

Now, on Monday morning, I'm linked with Kerry  at the Real Toads, Open Link Monday
Today I am linked with Margaret  at the Real Toads, Play it Again, # 7

Margaret's instructions: "... Fortunes, sometime share great wisdom and speak the truth.  I thought it would be fun to include a fortune saying in our poem ... Pick one [that] speaks to you. "

[My muse picked one fortune for me, then a tea leaves reading also.]