In the Mall

THREE WORD WEDNESDAY

http://www.threewordwednesday.com/2011/09/3ww-cclviii.html

has asked us to use the words

'omission, backward and ease'

IN THE MALL

When we had that conversation, 

The casual one in the mall,

I didn't tell you I felt fine

Not missing you at all.

We talked in a stilted manner

About our daily lives,

No nasty innuendos,

No sticking-in of knives.

I asked about your mother;

You asked about my trip;

I said I was very busy;

We didn't make one slip.

We didn't remind each other 

Of the very last time we'd met;

Of the screaming accusations

That I know I don't forget.

We didn't mention the anguish

That we both were thinking of;

We didn't even hint at

That terrible thing called love.

I didn't mention Josie,

You didn't mention Ben.

Although they were so important

Way back, way back when.....

Both of us pretended

To be quite at our ease,

As though we'd just erased them,

The awful memories.

There were no backward glances,

No sentiment at all.

We were completely natural,

When I met you in the mall.

There was that one omission

So an apology's due.......

I didn't say 'I no longer love you.'

How could I? It isn't true.

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 BENDING!

Albert Einstein said it, now others say it's true!

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Here is our little planet! A bright little ball of blue.

It's floating in a universe which, seemingly, never ends,

But here's the really startling bit...... it's a universe which bends!

I find it hard to credit, and, for sure, the proofs seem few,

But people, cleverer than me, say that it is true!

It's driving me right round the bend, even thinking about it!

But if Albert Einstein said it's true, who am I to doubt it?

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PS

I haven't published many photos recently. After my computer broke down and was then repaired I couldn't get ShrinkPic up and running and I didn't want to be shrinking 'pics' manually all the time. By 

the way, if you haven't used ShrinkPic it's a great boon. ( I haven't got shares in it.) Quite a few things have been happening but I'll catch-up with them on my monthly Rinkly Report at the end of the month.

However, yesterday evening was worthy of report. One of our Book Group members has a daughter who has recently had a book published, and she came to talk to us. We were very squashed in our little lounge room, but we had a fascinating evening, asking Jeanette (who writes under the name 'Jaye Ford') about the writing of her book 'Beyond Fear'. She talked in a delightfully animated way about her years (literally) of frustration and her present success. There is now even talk of a film being made in Hollywood, so felt we were in 'a presence'!

This was Jeanette chatting to us.

And this was me off to the kitchen to make everyone a cup of tea or coffee. You can see how the other members are fascinated by what Jeanette was saying!

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