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Murphyrhymer


Stories
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24 Oct 18 - 4 May 22

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10!

Once upon a dream of mine
some editors agreed
and chose to publish what I wrote
for all the world to read.

#130story #amwriting

When your guests turn to pests,
instead of the spray,
just put on pajamas
and they’ll go away!

#130story
#amwriting

Checking my breathing.
Checking my temp.
Thinking of testing
the value of hemp.

#130story
#CoronaOutbreak

I'll never be a substitute again!
They trashed their work & threw it out the door.
They called me names like Mrs. Picklebreath -
and worst of all, these kids were only four!

(This is late and over the character count, but the prompt word inspired it.)
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Each night I pray, "Thy will be done,"
while secretly hoping our wills be one.

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#writerslife

Each night I pray, "Thy will be done,"
while secretly hoping our wills be one.

#130story
#awriterslife

No surface scars for them to see
how much his cuts were hurting me.
Though disengaged and oddly shy,
no teachers ever wondered why.

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#amwriting
#poetry

Depression's like a puppeteer, supplanting man's free will,
by forcing acts and thoughts on him with animus and skill.

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#amwriting