A Wordle
SUNDAY WHIRL
We have to use all the words above
JUMPY!
Modern life makes me jumpy!
My antennae always quiver
Whenever someone approaches me;
Will they say 'Stand and deliver!'?
I never used to be like this!
It's the News on the TV
That makes a real-life drama
Out of something imaginary.
I can be strolling innocently,
Or stopping for a chat,
When someone happens to jostle me
And I jump...'Hey! What was that?'
It's always accidental;
A passer-by who's stumbled.
Apologies are offered
And an acceptance mumbled.
If I stand outside a shop
With my purse clutched in my hand
And a sudden motion alerts me.....
Is it a heist that's planned?
Occasionally a move, a look
Can make me feel alert;
Is there going to be an accident?
Will somebody get hurt?
Too many police dramas
And too much late-night news
Have conspired to make me a nervous wreck.
I'd like to know your views.
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MYSTERY OBJECT
I found them lying, cast aside, behind a market stall;
Pieces of wood with holes in them! They made no sense at all!
They made me think of old stale cheese, though I realised I was wrong!
But what could be the use of them? Where could they belong?
I puzzled for a moment over my bits of wood
But, in the end, I shrugged and said 'Well, the shadow's pretty good!
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I can relate to your jumpiness. Sadly, mine gets worse as I age. As for my views about television ...I can tell you that my family tells me I watch too many crime dramss. Sometimes they pop up in my dreams, too.
ReplyDeleteExcellent, thought-provoking write.
I am not particularly jumpy, but not foolhardly. What always makes me a bit nervous is when I am with my almost-four-year-old granddaughter in mega store (too big now to ride in a cart), and she steps away from me for a bit (purposely, as four year olds do, and I call her and she momentarily doesn't come. I think this is my worst fear..panicking me within seconds... that someone would snatch HER.
ReplyDeleteI think the state of the world exacerbated by the news plus the growth of instantaneous communication contributes to jumpiness. Good one.
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LOL. I love what you did to the wordle words.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to my world. I also saw your precarious worries in the wordles and made them real. There was something in Viv's words that brought out the sinister side of our imaginations.
I do like the symmetry of both your found shadow shot and rime. Your photo is worth your signature - are you not proud of it?
ReplyDeleteI realize the world is full of dangers, but long ago I consciously decided I would only worry about things if the worry would do some good. I think over the years I have gotten pretty good at pulling a veil over those things. Ah but then sometimes the veil quivers! Interesting place you went with this wordle.
ReplyDeleteI thought your wordle was a really great use of the words.
ReplyDeleteI agree, too much watching news and TV shows puts us in a wary state and breeds fear.
Nicely done posts and I love the photo. :-)
Terrific use of the wordle! I don't watch a lot of news for that very reason, but I do like my crime/forensics dramas, and I must admit that sometimes I get an adrenaline rush over what turns out to be nothing at all because I'm expecting something like an NCIS episode when the stranger asking for directions really is just a stranger asking for directions. :)
ReplyDeleteMost of those dramas play out in my dreams rather than my waking life though, so it's all good.
Lol when somebody touches me and I didn't see them, I do a pretty good job that usually makes them feel bad.
ReplyDeletedid a good with the words,