Five at a time to conserve my sanity. It's going to be a long year.
21/365: PUCKER
A pucker
in the fabric
of time
opens
a door
into my childhood.
Tuesday's prompt, PUCKER, coincided with a vivid dream I had.
In the dream, our present-day cats found their way through a magical door into my childhood home and I had to go into the past to bring them back.
We can visit the past in memories, or in dreams, but also by adapting events into works of poetry, art, or story. This dream, as a poem, can now be revisited in the future and released into the world for others to explore, even if they aren't magical cats.
If you do go exploring in this poem, try not to get lost.
22/365: LACE
As I ran
from the Bad Luck Beast
my shoelace
came untied.
What are the odds?
Wednesday's prompt was LACE.
Are your shoes untied by an invisible monster or by the application of the general laws of statistics that govern the universe? It hardly matters, as long as it's not your own fault for skipping the double-knot...
23/365: FAWN
The fawn
in the meadow
tilts her head
as the north wind
rustles the grass.
Message received,
she sets her teeth
to shred the evidence.
Thursday's prompt was FAWN, a baby deer. Message received?
24/365: GALUMPH
The wealthiest backer
of American fascism
galumphed
onto the stage
and showed us
who he was.
Friday's prompt was GALUMPH, another nonsense word invented by Lewis Carroll in his poem, "The Jabberwock." According to Carroll, it was a portmanteau of "gallop" and "triumph." It adds a bit of silliness to analysis of a silly thing that a silly person did in full view of the cameras, and the many benefits of many doubts granted by media outlets, civil rights organizations, and other apologists. But is this really the kind of thing we should ever downplay?
25/365: UNCTUOUS
She’s a real creampuff,
purrs like a kitten,
only ever driven on Sundays
to church
and around the block
for endless hours
of talk radio.
Pulls to the right?
Sure,
these days, what doesn’t?
Saturday's prompt was UNCTUOUS, slimy, like the stereotypical used car salesman or radio talk show host. A warning to be careful that your media diet doesn't manifest as a mechanical defect.
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