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A story! It gives *context*!

I wrote the haiku first, then I wrote the opening non-poem lines to figure out what was going on in the haiku. Thus, this:

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The house was a hard sell: a white-elephant-big, repair-starved relic, painted bright yellow. The rich eccentric bought it anyway, after years of people turning it down. Or, in haiku:

Old, bold, and gold: Sold,
All told, for a price that polled
As "That leaves us cold."

I've been reading Ray Bradbury, by the way. I think that's reflected in how the little story starts.

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  • chris_walsh
    2 Jun 2023, 17:05
    I am glad you exist and that you're choosing to blog!

    Maybe not feeling poetic is a poetic state all its own?

    Try to capture that feeling - I think that will be reflective of many folks'…
  • chris_walsh
    2 Jun 2023, 06:59
    Glad you're surviving!
  • chris_walsh
    20 Jul 2021, 14:00
    I think I should wait until I have something better to brag about.
  • chris_walsh
    20 Jul 2021, 09:38
    I think it's okay to talk about your life, if you have something you want to share, even if you are doing well.
  • chris_walsh
    9 Jun 2021, 03:45
    I've been serving myself to watch this one day.
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