Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Had dreams giddy in heights

                                                                           Attribution: Guilhem Vellut
Image: A Homeless Soul (here)

the 10 of 12 given words:
fetid (having a strong, unpleasant smell)
filthy faces empty home vow streetcar broken  
twilight (a period when something is ending)
gritty (harsh and unpleasant)

3WW given words:
enchanting fanatical giddy

Filthy fetid face hidden
Man in his twilight years
Empty of promise without a home
Made a vow fanatical in his resolve
Not to bother his relatives
But to hang on alone

Had dreams giddy in heights
Enchanting but suspect in execution
Taken for a ride not in a streetcar
but in foolhardy schemes
to end up broken
gritty and unfulfilled

MMT's Sunday’s Whirligig #60
Thomg's 3WW #480
Marian's The Tuesday Platform

8 comments:

  1. The fall is heavy if you fall in filth.. so sad.

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  2. Never jump in for quick success but work up gradually to ensure each step you learn something and prosper slowly. Success comes rarely by chance but by consistent hard work.

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  3. Serendipity! That is so sad and today waiting at the Métro, I took a photo of an ad that catches you with a homeless person and in French "Homelessness is not a choice."

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  4. I love the references you allude to in this piece- particularly the streetcar... the streets are certainly not paved with gold either

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  5. Not to bother his relatives but to hang on alone. The human condition, argh.

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