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say hello to my little fan

photo credit Skip Hunt
courtesy of Tess Kincaid for Magpie Tales

you looked us all
straight in the eye

and the first thing you told us
pluck
ouch!

was that he loved you

and then in the next breath
pluck
ouch!

he loved you not

wouldja do us all a favor,
huh?

go pluck a windmill

crazy
daisy
bitch

Rene ~ July 2011

Comments

  1. Ha! Bravo, Ms. Foran! A very smart take on the prompt. Love the twist in the narration. Excellent!

    (p.s.: Mine will go up on Tuesday. Need to think about it.)

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  2. Tremendous juxtaposition, and
    we are transported slyly from
    metal to petal back to metal.
    Clever, fun, well done.

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  3. Fabulous transitions! Love what you have created in this.

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  4. haha...yes please dont abuse the flowers in your grief...great title rene

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  5. Oh, Rene. :-) I love the layered stuff.

    Pearl

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  6. ..i love how you coated this piece with such a humour and inventiveness.. much enjoyable read! :D

    ~Kelvin

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  7. Tough petals to pick off this daisy, though! LOL

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  8. "Go and catch a falling star
    Get with-child a mandrake root. . ."

    And it goes on from there.

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  9. Okay, one look at that title, and...well, who is going to clean up this mocha cappuccino I was drinking? ;-)

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  10. Bwaahahahaha. That one was ripe for the plucking!

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  11. Another 'Rene Special' .... love it!

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  12. This is super. I love it, too.
    — K

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  13. Had to keep rereading this one, very funny.

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  14. This one brought a giggle. Nicely done.

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  15. Sympathy for the flora, I love it.

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  16. A totally different, most enjoyable take. Flowers hurt too!

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  17. such helpless flowers,superb sounds and imagery :)

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  18. Rene all i can say is that you are awesome...:-)

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