There is safety in apart-ment living;would corral the little ones, declareresponsibility, obligations as a maskfor this self-banishing compulsion… except that I am lying prone, exposed –brains spilling onto concrete – shadowsrevealing the darkness of my condition,hopelessly locked in physical inertia. I am an unwitting contributor toscientific (and pseudo) probing:audacious autopsies pronouncingconclusive evidence of motives. Too […]
Not programmed to comply –cannot tolerate oppression:a pressure cookerready to explode Do-gooders sit upstraight and smileencouragement:I slouch defiance Don’t ask me to respectthat which is disrespectful –my fuse is shortof that I’m certain Don’t slot me;leave me –creative inspirationis not lacking here I’m a free agenta incorrigible scamp –authority doesn’t scare me’cause I’m beyond control. […]
Every child bears the sparkof eternity’s promise…Where’s the threat in that? What mechanism of hateequates slaughterof innocents with justice? This is society’s bane –the unconscionable policiesof greed lacking accountability (Tuesdays I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. Image my own)
One Woman's Quest II 
My kids will not step out of that playground 🙂
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Lol. Funny to see it empty because of COVID
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Yes, a saddening sight indeed. Restriction and partial lockdown is back in my city from today because of increase in cases, while the vaccine drive has gone full throttle.
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Oh no! We are afraid the same thing is going to happen here.
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The delta variant is causing havoc in many parts of the world. Stay safe.
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You too!
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I really like the color palette of the crops photo.
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Thanks Liz. That’s what caught my eye too.
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You’re welcome, VJ. You have a good eye. 😉
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Superb matches for this week’s theme. Thanks VJ 😀
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Always a pleasure
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Lovely! 🙂 ❤
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Thanks
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VJ, brings back memories of when the kids were small. The plastic playground used to hurt my old knees. Do you remember the indoor climbing places where the plastic tunnels were twenty feet high and wall to wall? I would have to crawl in their and find my kids when they got stranded therein. Keith
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Oh yes! When we were much younger and more flexible.
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