I fled the state ran out on our date and I know you hate me for it I got a phone so I could #atone but it took a loan I could not repay What else could I do? I fled the state ran out on our date and I know you hate…etc. #vss365

I feel #magic in the air tonight, hon. Bet you’re feeling the wine you drank at book club. You read a novel about witches? So? Last month read one about ghosts. You swore our house was haunted for days. Watch it. I learned a few hexes and my fingers are itchy. #converstory

Jack, an arrow shot, heads straight for the duck. He will bound back with the bird in his jaws, tail whirring, expecting pats and praise. And I will give them, gladly, marveling at his training, the kill a minor #boon compared to our amiable synergy. #vss365 (I don’t hunt!)

★★★★★ FINAL DAY ★★★★★ ★ DAY 15 CJB HAS MOVED host for vss365 (1-15 July) 👋 Hello it's me, CJB - Ready for my final prompt? =============== ✍️ #vss365 #Prompt #Aloha ★ ALOHA 1: Hawaiian in origin, it is used as a greeting or to bid farewell. Aloha is an

Feels like a lifetime ago so sweetly faded, already sepia toned: soothing sunburn with Pinot in Waikiki echoes of Elvis Magnum PI at the Robins Nest Diamond Head holding court in dormant glory Alas, our #aloha was fleeting and we were back at work by Monday morning. #vss365

You are destroying my vacation #aloha. Oh, you want me to RELAX? I AM relaxed, you unbelievable upstart. See my shirt? A-L-O-H-A. Epitome of chill. But HOW do you have a job if you could you serve me water without ice, when I clearly asked for ICE? Not for long, buddy. #vss365

When I die by your hand, lay these on my grave, or I’ll haunt you somethin’ awful: Roses, so they prick you to scarrin’ and bleedin’ bad. Nightshade, to poison you so’s you’re sick all the time. And #hawthorn, so bad luck follows you around like a stitched on shadow. #vssgothic

Smacking its lips, the plog ambled over to the remnants of its last meal—a small skeleton, a shiny headpiece. The next morsel was singing nearby, + the plog’s dangling eyeball waggled + squirted the ground with a glistening , sticky #output. No way out for princesses. #WeirdVss

We sped along the rain-soaked streets, lightstreaks bathing the wet road. She would be alive or dead at the hospital, no matter how fast we #rushed, but we sped anyway. She died, in great pain, we were told, before we got there. And, oh, what a relief. #vss365

there’s a monster in my house but I am little so I will hide make myself invisible too tiny to find, to hurt sometimes it works mostly it doesn’t but maybe this time I will be safe and warm and loved not #overwhelmed, not crushed by the monster #vss365

swirl of starlings filling the pink sky sunset soon #haiku

Mom, feel my head. Can you write me a— #Sick_note? This is getting old, kiddo. Seriously, feel it. I’ll even go to the doctor. Fine. No fever. Not even warm. Wait…what the…?! I TOLD u! Ok, no need for the doc, tho. Teeth growing of your scalp means a dentist. #converstory

If he’d known she had such a #betrayal in her, he might still have taken her in. It gave his life meaning, his belief he was saving her. Accidentally orchestrating his own demise by giving her the tools she needed to carry it out, well, that was just unfortunate. #vssmystery

Endless road, sky. Bloated fields. More fields. Barns, silos, cattle, green ponds. Small towns. Sprawled suburbs bleeding into cities. Repeat. Repeat. Not #motivated to talk, to listen, I drowse, light filtering through my eyelids. How long till we reach the sea? #vss365

in a bubble bath with my sister washcloth sharks swimming under bubble mountains making beards till the water grew tepid On the playground running fast gaining #momentum my taut, round tummy heaving racing again and again until the monkey bars beckoned #vsspoem365

Happiness hid itself in places she couldn’t reach. Giggles echoing at the bottom of beer cans. Sunken in dregs of leftover cup noodles, dumped in the bin, while her father snored. Content. Never guilty nor #astonished by how well and quietly she cleaned up after his mess. #vss365

"In waddled a momma duck in her ducklings. Beaks, wings, and webbed feet all working the string instruments in #tandem. Playing Ravel’s Quartet in F Major, they were." "You must've been #astonished." "Sure was! They usually start off with Beethoven." #converstory #vss365

the whisper of the gardenia lost at Carnegie Hall - the same curtain in the night ? - charles lechesnier - Picture : Billie Holiday (from Wikipedia) #vss365 #poetrycommunity #haiku #BillieHoliday #Jazz #vsspoem #FilmNoir

To my sad #astonishment I must pause writing prompt entries and write my book #vss365 #haiku #senryu 😪

Wow!!!!! I only need one more follower to get to 1300! Would love a little #writerlift from the #writercommunity before I go offline for a bit to focus on finishing my book! I LOVE following writers, poets and artists—will follow you back😘❤️ #amwriting