"The existence of a tavern called Treatery implies existence of another one called #Trickery."
"Does not. Trickery is actually a gift shop in New Jersey."
"Oh? Is it a good one?"
"Dunno. Never been there, & the website I found it on won't let me in. Trickery is also a theater in Chicago."
#vss365
"By the power invested in me"
"Ugly vest."
"What?"
"Sorry."
"By the power invested in"
"Invest in bitcoin!"
"I will not!"
"Your loss. Sorry. Continue."
"By the power"
"Power to the people!"
"Do you want this marriage?"
"We do."
"Ok, you're wed."
" #Investiture is a weird thing."
"Isn't it?"
#vss365
"See that?"
"See what?"
"That!"
"You mean the #seafoam?"
"No I don't mean the sea foam! I mean the boat! That's exactly the color I want in our den!"
"Seafoam."
"Shut up about the sea foam!!"
"It's the name of the color."
"Oh. ...Sorry."
#vss365
"It's #hammer time, baby."
"What are you..? Where did you get those pants??"
"You can't touch this."
"I wouldn't want to."
#vss365
"Have you seen my loupe... Why is a wolf eating cantaloupes in our living room?"
"She was stuck in a #loop. I had to help her."
"How does eating cantaloupe help?"
"It's an excellent antidote to looping."
"Is it? Huh. How do we get rid of the wolf?"
"We don't. She lives here now."
"I see."
#vss365
"He #letters so beautifully."
"He what?"
"His penmanship is exquisite."
"His what??!"
"Oh, sh*t I forgot men aren't allowed to read or write in your world. Pretend I didn't say anything."
"He's lucky I didn't hear a thing you said. Someone else overhearing would've got him killed."
#vss365
Having a shot at a future, no matter how uncertain, beats this war. So, despite her fear of water, she boards the already overcrowded raft.
#vss365 #vss #water
#vss365 #poem
They are an aching thirst
No amount of #water
Ocean deep waterfall high
Can fill
That is all
I speak to the Sahara
In whispering sandstorms
For it alone feels my pain
An empty well
That is all
"This is the Hydration Police calling. Did you remember to drink your #water today?"
"I did, actually. But then I forgot I had so I drank someone else's water & then I did that again a few more times & now I'm in hospital with water poisoning."
"I see... I'll inform Overconsumption Police."
#vss365
"So what did you buy?"
"Everything and the kitchen #sink."
"Yeah... One would hope so when building a house. I was asking more about which supplier you ended up going with?"
"Going? I didn't know I was supposed to go somewhere with them. You didn't tell me that."
#vss365
"Where was his body found?"
"On the riverbank."
"Oh, that's hilarious."
"What?? How is this even remotely funny??"
"He was on his way to rob a #bank."
#vss365
"Wow! That's some fancy #ink you got there!"
"Thanks. It's made from the blood of my enemies."
#vss365
"There's a #method to your madness, I see."
"What could be a better distraction than several #museum artifacts suddenly starting to speak?"
"In languages of their times, no less. I am impressed."
#2WordPrompt
"There's a storm rising."
"No there's not."
" See
This is why it's
Over between us. "
" Really,
Margaret?
I thought it was because I dumped your ass in Rome."
"That donkey meant everything to me!"
#AcrosticApril
"What happened to your #hand?"
"My dad cut it off."
"What the f k?!"
"Yeah, it's kind of a family tradition. We fight with light sabers, and off it goes. I don't think anyone's kept both their hands in about 15 generations."
"Please stop."
#vss365
out of a chocolate egg comes
aw it's a poison ring!
and so the hunt begins
make way!
for many an easter
egg is to be found
Happy Chocolate Egg Day everyone!
"Everyone #remain calm. The system will soon #connect us back into The Game."
"What if I don't want to go back?"
"Don't be crazy. The Game is all that is. You can't survive outside it."
"I've heard rumors. They say we used to live in a non digital world."
"Absurd."
#2WordPrompt
"It's All the Same Sand! They're Made from it!"
"Well I am not as speciest as you are. I love Grain'o'Granit and I will marry it!"
"No. You will not."
#vss365 2/2
"I need you to understand that there are reasons why we do not get involved with those people."
"You just don't like that they bring #sand everywhere."
"That sand choked my uncle!"
"It's not the same sand!"
1/2
"How's this for a slogan:
Before beginning
Any activity
Take the time to
Happily hydrate
?"
"Terrible.
We're trying to get people to bathe with our products,
not drink them!"
#AcrosticApril #vss
"Please tell me you had no part in this."
"I wish I could. I admit none of it is going the way I planned."
"You planned this??!"
"Yes. What're you doing?"
"Returning your #ring."
"... Keep it. Sell it. Use the money to help yourself & the other survivors."
#vss365
"... You're right. I'm sorry."
"... It's ok. The insurance will cover it. We'll get a new house."
"We need a much bigger one now."
"Ya think?"
#2WordPrompt 2/2
"This is all your fault."
"How was I supposed to know the whole house would #collapse if I stopped being #tiny?!"
"You might have guessed! It's not like you haven't fucked up everything else you've ever tried!"
1/2
"Why does this book read a little... clumsy at places?"
"Everything ever written in my language has been erased. I had to #translate that novel entirely from #memory. Do forgive me if it does not meet with your standards."
"Oh, heavens. I didn't know it was one of yours."
#2WordPrompt
"Where is Joseph?"
"I put him in the #pen."
"What? Again?"
"If he insists on behaving like an animal, he may as well be treated like one."
#vss365
The sand remembers
Each footprint, each stranger who
Stopped to watch the sea.
#WildWalkPrompt #sand #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
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