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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 2d

"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.

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a.d. @admatthias.bsky.social · 15d

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

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Peter James Martin @authorpjm.bsky.social · 3d

"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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

"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 · 3d

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

"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 · 4d

“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 · 4d

-
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.
-

#vss365 #poetry #read

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Igor Namus @igornamus.bsky.social · 4d

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

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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 4d

"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 · 8d

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 · 8d

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

#Vss365 #Haiku

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Radar DeBoard @radardeboard.bsky.social · 8d

It's a true #oasis in every sense of the word

There's just one rule: you can't take the water with you

If you do, the desert will become jealous, and the sand will swallow you whole

For some reason, people never believe it, so the desert is always well fed
#vss365 #vsshorror

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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 8d

"In my dream it was a bit of a blur, but then I walked into an #oasis with women... all dressed in beautiful lingerie," Bob mused after waking up. "Really, and did they like your Y-fronts?" Nora replied, while she watched him yawn and scratch himself.

#vss365

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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 8d

My enemies are vanquished
with the wave of a wand
for I am a sorceress,
and I’ve stored all my darkest
spells for just this moment;

now that your moment has
come, what stories will you tell-
to save you from your destined
end;

Nothing will save you,
save your words for goodbyes

#emoetry #poetry

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Whispers @whispers615.bsky.social · 9d

The lines bleed,
my vision blurs
And suddenly--
I can see from all perspectives
in a grand kaleidoscope.
I can see all
and yet I can focus
on none.

#vss365 #poetry #blur

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Brain Candy @metaphor-imagine.bsky.social · 8d

#vss365 #Psychology #DefenseMechanisms

#Blur is our defense against knowing too much.

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Jan Karlsson @jangoeswriting.bsky.social · 8d

It all started so slow,
As though youth could never end,
Then adulthood crept upon you,
Tapping the shoulder,
Showing the long, tortuous road ahead,
That, too, never seemed to end,
Until age grew long and days short,
Passing in a #blur,
The end racing up fast,
Too fast.

#vss365 #NationalPoetryDay

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✨💫 Rebecca W. 🌙🌟 @anomalyerror404.bsky.social · 8d

One with the earth, cover me in dirt.
I want to evaporate.
Let the rain wash me away.
Worm food and plant pot.
Flowers grow in my gut.
Ashes to dust.
Fairies' escape.
Let them have me, no trick or bargain.
#vss365 #weirdmicro #poem #poetry

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FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.social · 8d

Nymph like Goddess
Dances to the moonlights chorus
Eyes bewitching
Steps poetic
Woodland stream ripples aphotic
Light bounces twinkles
Nature itself falling in love
Aura mystically hypnotic
But no place for the living
An #oasis for her dead

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