The boy on the corner Is a stalking kind . . . His father preys on fleshy, Widowed women, and eats Their hopes and dreams For breakfast.
The boy, the apple now Mimicking the tree, decides To rob the schoolgirls of Their flesh. His kills are fresh, They won’t be missed.
He observed their Actions–comings and goings, Little lives lost to a Haunted heart.
No one questions him About the items he steals From each girl–his newfound Possessions, memorabilia to Be pedestaled for centuries to Come.
A sordid life, His legacy.
Daylight Saving Time Ends: Fall Back. Do not forget to turn/set your clocks back one hour beautiful people!
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an unscheduled day off enfolds my screaming body. the mind stays strapped to the foam of an inviting mattress.
the soul cannot move.
I know these days . . . mentally, I’m challenged, and freeing myself from the depths of this dark space is often harder than I’d like.
bedbound for the morning, I watch news of Western NC as cities lay underwater, roads are washed away, my friend’s brand new home drowns before her eyes. food and supplies have to be air-dropped to designated places.
“these are the last days.”
I turn over to reach for someone to hold and forget, momentarily, that I live alone.
Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
I love the fact that I have family members and friends who recommend books or buy them for me when they KNOW I’ll love the content.
In the book, Shonda speaks about how a comment from her sister about her limitations of herself regarding fears prevents her from saying yes to anything, and that jolted something alive in her to change that.
A younger cousin of mine told me about Shonda Rhimes’ Year of Yes because she truly enjoyed it in its audiobook form. She gave me the gist of it and hyped it up enthusiastically, too.
I had to see for myself, and I’m glad I did. Here is the Amazon review for it:
“My Cousin Recommended This Book!
And I’m awfully glad she did! Firstly, I didn’t expect to read what I just read. I’ll be honest, I didn’t know what to expect.
It’s Shonda Rhimes! Of course, I was thinking, in the back of my mind, the woman can downright write, so it ought to be good. But this was/is much better than good. It’s phenomenal!
Secondly, I hadn’t factored in the reality that she’d let us into her personal life just a bit with this book, and lo and behold, she did!
I felt like a member of her family thumbing through the pages, laughing, sighing, and crying. Not only is Year of Yes well-written, it is full of humor and grit and witty retorts.
I sank into so many scenes as they were told from the writer’s point of view and recollection. I connected with various happenings in her life as a writer, and her love life reminded me of mine as well.
There is so much to explore and unpack in this book, and I am happy to have had the opportunity to do so. I assure you, it IS a work of art that is worth your time.”
I absolutely adore it when a recommendation does not steer me wrong. And this book is now a favorite of mine!
fear, uninvited, sat with me on a dark and gloomy day. I offered it a glass of sweet tea. if it was going to be here for a while, it might as well quench its thirst.
I usually run straight toward it; my arms spread out for a hug that never comes, but today was different. I spoke to it on a faith-based level. I informed fear that if it planned on staying, it would have to do some work around here–earn its keep.
I need love and care, confidence and hope, trust and reassurance, and I wanted it to understand if it did not intend to provide those things, the portal to my life would close soon.
so, fear tried to negotiate with me; if it showed up on Monday and Thursday, would I have time for it? I listened to its offer, bathed the details in the back of my mind, and politely declined.
I decided I no longer wanted to be stunted by this marriage. taming fear is taking time, but we’re both learning and growing. pretty soon, I believe it’ll be able to get along in life without me.
I am not into AI like that, not really. I am actually afraid of what it can do and how far it will go.
My best friend, however, loves tinkering with the known-unknown, and she did a few entries of me in some AI app (don’t ask me cuz I do not know, 🤣😂😆). And the results are frightening yet intriguing, too.
I want to share a few here so you guys can see the results. There are also some toddler versions of my AI’d self as well.
Enjoy. Or, maybe don’t enjoy them. Either way, here they go:
A Cornered Gurl 
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