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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you for the prompts!

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Steve - Teller of Tall Tales 🇺🇦 @bofferson.bsky.social · 12h

'I'm sorry, but your wife can't go on the #Beetles roller coaster.
'But she's got a Ticket To Ride.'
'It's for Yesterday.'
'I'm sure We Can Work It Out.'
'You can go on the Helter Skelter.'
'But we've Come Together to go on the roller coaster.'
'Sorry mate. Let It Be.'
#vss365

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Samantha Carr @samc4rr.bsky.social · 11h

The day started as usual; conversimg with a #beetle. He lolled in the chair, slurping coffee, "You think too much, just let change happen. Why only last week I was a bumblebee."
I explained again it was easy to radically transform when someone else was working to keep a roof over you.
#vss365

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Bacchante Blues @bacchal.bsky.social · 11h

Grief is a beetle
Black kernel of ache
Blotted in bile
With salty antennae
Hollowed out heartmeat
Tunneled to ore
Glittering aorta
A trundling monster
Descending the walls

#vss365 #poem #poetry beetle

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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 11h

"I'm sure Leo didn't mean to knock over your vase. Look at those sad roses." Bob started picking up the shards. Nora stared in horror. The vase, a gift from her late aunt, was irreplaceable. Leo (the cat) loved chasing after #beetles and bugs.

#vss365

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FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.social · 3d

Every night falling asleep
On a bed of #piranha teeth
Water running
In the wrong direction

It’s a sign
She’s claimed you
The pretty monster
A toxic gift wrapped
In shiny illusions

Who’ll leave you
Dusted in ash
Best you run vanish
Under a blood spell

#vss365
#vsshorror

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 3d

Through this poem runs
a river & the readers
are sitting by the banks,
enjoying the view & letting
the mumbling of the water
soothe their minds. But
be careful to not lean
to close to the water. There
are #piranha who think
your flesh is #sweet.

#vss365

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💘Beth C Greenberg✍️ Cupid's Fall series @bethcgreenberg.com · 3d

Told "Go snorkel!" Brett cried, "I don't wanna!"
When asked why, he replied, "The #piranha!"
Sure enough his Dad spied
That fanged fish in the tide
And suggested Brett snorkel mañana.

#vss365 #limerick #writersofbluesky

a cartoon character with a big mouth and teeth looks angry

Alt: a cartoon character with a big mouth and teeth looks angry

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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 3d

"Right, this has gone on long enough. I'm going over there to ask them to turn the music down. It’s 11pm, for goodness' sake!" Nora grabbed her coat and stormed out. Bob didn't flinch. He knew she'd sink her teeth into the situation like a #piranha.

#vss365

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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 7d

"You know what?" Nora said, nestled against Bob's coat on a bench in the park, "I'm grateful I don't #clash with much in life. I think peace suits me." Bob looped her scarf and tucked it beneath her chin. "That's a blessing," he replied.

#vss365

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a.d. @admatthias.bsky.social · 20d

paranoia, frozen fear
darting eyes & flexing fingers
his viscous rattled breath
perturbs the nightmare brume
— #caprice in autumnal bloom
consumed by demon chatter
led toward the railway clatter
mesmerised by the invitation
one trip to escape the other

#vss365

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Peter James Martin @authorpjm.bsky.social · 7d

"You know what you did wrong there, don't you?" I said.
"Did nuthin wrong," Riz snorted.
"When the interviewer asked how we work together so well despite #clashing. That part?"
"Nope."
"It's where you replied. 'He does wat I tell 'im'. Remember?"
"Maybe..."
#vss365 #riztherogue

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Arliden the Bard @arliden.bsky.social · 7d

oh, how the sky
makes magic
makes the world bigger
like a mirror
a different painting
minute by minute
and I'm trying to savor
every moment

but too soon
day clashes with dark
long shadows
swallowed,
& even peaceful sleep
is denied me

and even if I could
close by eyes
would I want to wake?
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D.C. Swanson @dcswanson.bsky.social · 7d

When noise surrounds,
who hears your voice?
When isms #clash,
the rich rejoice.
When views are fed,
why trust your eyes?
When anguish weighs,
then heroes rise.

#vss365

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Aurumsella @aurumsella.bsky.social · 7d

"Did you hear? The #district judge & a #junior judge had a major #clash after one called the other an insignificant little #insect."
"Turns out even little insects can kick hard when pushed too far."
"Oh...You had heard... I was hoping to be the first to tell you."

#2WordPrompt #vss365 #whistpr

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FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.social · 8d

The new moon sighs
Where’s the wisdom
Once, apricity reigned the skies

I think this
From my abode below
Haunting mausoleum

#Clash I, with celestial spells
Tainted desires savage
Fighting like a dark lord titan

Summer a myth
Wisdom sighs content
Within darkness

#vss365

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Jan Karlsson @jangoeswriting.bsky.social · 9d

What Dylan needed was someone to teach him how to teach others and he knew just the guy. An old #associate. A grizzled old geezer that had taught Dylan all he needed to know About smuggling.

Only, a quick search revealed the man’s fate. Killed early on in the shadowy conflict with Them.

#vss365

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Darren Gemoets @darrengemoets.bsky.social · 9d

He will always #associate fall with her. It was her favorite season, the whole pumpkin latte and sweater weather thing. There was a park bench near the apartment they shared where they would snuggle and look at fall color. #vss365

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Lewis Pierson @sirrobinkingfisher.bsky.social · 9d

"You come here, with your #associate, let's call him that, both high as a kite and wanting money from me. And why? Because I was once foolish enough to have married you? That makes me a soft touch, does it? Well, you don't want to create a scene, trust me. And you, knucklehead, back off!"
#vss365

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C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social · 9d

“This place looks a bit different now.”

“I will always #associate this restaurant with our first date, though.”

“Do you remember how you screamed when my sleeve caught on fire?”

“Yes. That’s why there are no candles nearby, my dear.”

#vss365

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PS Conway @psconway.bsky.social · 9d

-
i grow by the brook
it sings to me
but has forgotten my name

time has forgotten
me
us
you

and there is a thirst
no song can slake

the sun warms me
i associate that with love
or its memory

when there was
you.
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#vss365 #poetry #read

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Igor Namus @igornamus.bsky.social · 9d

you #associate
I disassociate from
world that is not mine
#vss365 #haiku

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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 9d

"You have to understand, Bob, that I simply don't #associate myself with people who eat sushi with a fork!" Nora's mother stated, all worked up. Bob refused to put his fork down. If anything, he was going to dive right into that California roll.

#vss365

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Samantha Carr @samc4rr.bsky.social · 13d

She wakes with a banging head, floating inside a supernova, again. She'd promised herself no more champagne cocktails. Last time, the chat up line about the difference between mass and weight had her stuck in orbit for a week. She sees an #oasis of smoke of a rocket ship ahead and waves.
#vss365

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Dan/Danj/Daniel @danj72.bsky.social · 13d

Warm sands tend to cool
Ripened dates fall through midnight
At the #oasis

#Vss365 #Haiku

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