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Friday February 23rd, 2018

The exercise:

Write four lines of prose about: spinning.

3 comments:

  1. Stumbling and spinning -- is this the result of a hangover, by any chance? Or is it symptomatic of the country's shock after this?.

    Spinning
    "Darling," said the Queen setting down the newspaper, "there's a sale on: Rumplestiltskins are three-for-two."
    "Don't we have to pay them one child per hayrick they spin into gold?"
    "Yes," said the Queen, "but they're not fussy about the children, and a small war with, say, Humpty-Dumpty will result in a few thousand orphans."
    "I have been wanting a solid-gold set of kennels for the dogs," mused the King.

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  2. Spinning

    Tossing and turning all night long,
    My mind won’t stop spinning.
    From did I turn the iron off?
    To what is the meaning of life?
    ...All in the space of nanoseconds.
    Will you just Stop! Please?
    I’m human, I need my rest.
    The body is willing but the brain is in overdrive.

    It’s worse than the snowboarding Olympians
    ... at least they have a reason for spinning.

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  3. Greg - I don't even need to hover over that link to know where it leads. It was definitely a surprise, but not as much of a shock as it would have been had NHL players been involved. As it was, bronze for that group was a pretty solid accomplishment.

    Fun take on the prompt. And... I'm not sure that's a sale I'd want to take advantage of.

    Dragonfly - I was spinning like this a few nights ago. Doesn't happen to me often but when it does it is misery incarnate.

    Also: enjoyed the reference to the snowboarding Olympians :)

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