Sunday, January 7, 2018

Her buying binge is turning drastic

                                                                    Attribution: Firefly George Seeley (1907)
Image: In all Innocence (here)

the 11 of 12 given words:
sin deny sidekick watch water sprinkle thinner
binge (an unrestrained and often excessive indulgence eg a buying binge)
slick (characterized by subtlety, wily a slick swindler)
staccato whistles

How sinful to deny a 'sidekick'
Of her rightful place by your side
Her buying binge is turning drastic
Watch how she use her new-found pride

Flaunting your wealth freely like water
Not in sprinkles but fast-moving splashes
Impacting towards your thinning coffers
Slick talker with twitch of her eyelashes

Followed by staccato bursts of babbles
With a barrage of unending questions
Ending with a triumphant measure of whistles
To confront the subdued load of a victim

Kerry at Real Toad's - camera flash
Brenda's Sunday Whirl's Wordle #333
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13 comments:

  1. brudbergJanuary 7, 2018 at 9:22 AM

    Those devious eyes can truly turn you in her ways of thinking... better beware

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  2. Kerry O'ConnorJanuary 7, 2018 at 10:41 AM

    You brought a new element to the prompt. Materialism is ever topical these days.

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  3. ✿January 7, 2018 at 12:55 PM

    "Flaunting your wealth freely like water
    Not in sprinkles but fast-moving splashes"

    What creative imagery.

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  4. Ornery Owl of Naughty Netherworld Press and Readers Roost January 7, 2018 at 12:56 PM

    With what little money I have, she'd probably kick me to the curb quickly.

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  5. Old EggJanuary 7, 2018 at 2:49 PM

    I think the problem is half the narrators as he failed to see her faults earlier, blind perhaps to both their weaknesses.

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  6. Wendy BourkeJanuary 7, 2018 at 5:42 PM

    An interesting 'take' on materialism - and very pertinent, I think, to the values of the day. Enjoyed the touches of humor and the great job you did with the rhyme.

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  7. JimJanuary 7, 2018 at 7:44 PM

    "Buying is good mental therapy" so I've been told. Except binges in buying are what she needs therapy for. Your lines (not that I'm wealthy), "Not in sprinkles but fast-moving splashes
    Impacting towards your thinning coffers
    remind me of the burden of having an empty house that hasn't found a buyer yet. Very costly for us retired people.
    This was a fun read, Hank. You did well with using your eleven words. They all sound as if you had no requirement to use the, they are like a natural fit
    ..

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  8. Sanaa RizviJanuary 8, 2018 at 7:58 AM

    Such a brilliant take on the prompt - materialism can blind the best of men.

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  9. Debi SwimJanuary 8, 2018 at 11:00 AM

    I can't decide if he enjoys paying for arm candy or she is just a gold digger. Either way this is a toxic relationship

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  10. Blue GrumpsterJanuary 8, 2018 at 3:47 PM

    Buy buy buy.
    Sounds like bye bye bye.

    Happy new year, Hank!

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  11. vaiyboraJanuary 8, 2018 at 6:03 PM

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  12. Pat HattJanuary 9, 2018 at 3:02 AM

    Yep, would sure be tossed to the street, no moochers allowed here lol

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  13. purplepeninportland.comJanuary 9, 2018 at 5:10 PM

    "Flaunting your wealth freely like water
    Not in sprinkles but fast-moving splashes"

    Just one of many wonderful images in this poem, Hank. Love it!

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