Four Quatrains of Neglect
I felt quite neglected
It’s just that simple
Didn’t receive love as expected
Instead of a wave, a ripple
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I adored you every day
And do many little things
That’s why I feel dismay
That inequality brings
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I told you truth
And dealt with your vice
You were always were uncouth
With your pack of lies
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As I pay this final alimony
It hurts me like a knife
A manipulating phony
And never quite a wife…
-aaa
Originally Published 05/19/2024
http://mymindmappings.com/2024/10/30/fowc-with-fandango-personable/
Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.).
Today’s word is “personable.”
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http://mymindmappings.com/2024/10/20/fowc-with-fandango-derelict/
Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.).
Today’s word is “derelict.”
Write a post using that word. It can be prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. It can be any length. It can be just a picture or a drawing if you want. No holds barred, so to speak.
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Dizzy Dan’s Damaged Derelicts
Dizzy Dan’s thought his buildings, erect
But in the end, there were derelict.
Cheap material stacked up tall
Cheaper material soon would fall.
Down to their foundation’s defects…
-AAA 10/20/2024
http://mymindmappings.com/2024/10/19/fowc-with-fandango-deprive/
Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.).
Today’s word is “deprive.”
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Gone Without a Goodbye
Let me deprive you of your joy
Letting me writhe like a wind up toy.
You never loved me I was just a joke
Had I gotten sicker you’d’ve let me croak.
So I walked away, rather ran away
Tired of the sick games you’d play.
Two years plus divorced, seems longer
I’m no longer a worm, I’ve gotten stronger.
My thoughts drift less and less to you
As I have a much happier life in view.
Just like the tides flow and ebb
I’m sure you’ll catch another in your web…
-AAA 10/19/2024
http://mymindmappings.com/2024/10/18/fowc-with-fandango-refine/
Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.).
Today’s word is “refine.”
Write a post using that word. It can be prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. It can be any length. It can be just a picture or a drawing if you want. No holds barred, so to speak.
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Queen of the Refined
Shelly was so refined
She was one of a kind
Gloves and dress
At McDonald’s no less
When she’s formal she’d unwind…
-AAA 10/17/2024
http://mymindmappings.com/2024/10/17/fowc-with-fandango-conference/
Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.).
Today’s word is “conference.”
Write a post using that word. It can be prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. It can be any length. It can be just a picture or a drawing if you want. No holds barred, so to speak.
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Harriet Hamster And The Tone Deaf
Harriet Hamster’s conference ran long
Then many attendees all joined in song
It ended then quite soon
As they sang out of tune
As each note came out wrong…
-AAA 10/17/2024
http://mymindmappings.com/2024/10/10/fowc-with-fandango-birthday/
Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.).
Today’s word is “birthday.”
Write a post using that word. It can be prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. It can be any length. It can be just a picture or a drawing if you want. No holds barred, so to speak.
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EARTH DAY BIRTHDAY
Earth Day
Was his birthday
He shared this occasion
With some ovation.
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Some elation
And celebration
Pomp and circumstance
Some songs and dance.
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Cake for all
Relatives call
Sharing fun
Under the sun
Until the day is done
And next year, a better one…
-AAA 10/09/2024
http://mymindmappings.com/2024/09/26/fowc-with-fandango-acid/
Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.).
Today’s word is “acid.”
Write a post using that word. It can be prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. It can be any length. It can be just a picture or a drawing if you want. No holds barred, so to speak.
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CRUEL WOMAN
Her tone, acidic.
Here words were all venomous.
Filled with his torment…
-AAA 09/26/2024
http://mymindmappings.com/2024/09/24/fowc-with-fandango-want/
Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.).
Today’s word is “want.”
Write a post using that word. It can be prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. It can be any length. It can be just a picture or a drawing if you want. No holds barred, so to speak.
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WANTS AND NEEDS
I want to live my best life now.
I need to keep my physical and mental health in check.
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I want that ideal love that happens once in a lifetime.
I need to love myself first and trust in divine timing.
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I want to be a successful published writer.
I need to continue blogging, honing my craft, and amassing a volume of material.
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I want financial security.
I need to stay fast, keep chugging away, pay down debts and save.
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I want control.
I need to accept that many aspects of our lives are beyond our control and that how we react in critical moments is in our control.
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I want peace of mind.
I need to accept my past and not mull the future.
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I want happiness.
I need to accept that happiness is a choice and not a destination.
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I want freedom.
I need to understand, freedom is always present: in choices, challenges, and living…
-AAA 09/24/2024
http://mymindmappings.com/2024/09/21/fowc-with-fandango-install/
Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.).
Today’s word is “install.”
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INSTALL
Install new mental attitudes
Instill the more positive moods
Move outside your norm
No need to conform
Weather storms
As one should…
-AAA 09/21/2024
http://mymindmappings.com/2024/09/01/fowc-with-fandango-sandwich/
Today’s word is “sandwich.”
Career Sandwich
A career sandwich.
Between two kinds of writing.
Can be challenging…
-AAA 09/03/2024
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