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zapping the summer doldrums

Tuesday, June 16th, 2015

Does boredom still come
round when the sun’s high and kids
worship Xboxes?

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the summer of me

Monday, June 15th, 2015

Popsicles and walks
in twilight and fireflies
and sandy beaches.

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the verbal exhibitionist

Sunday, June 14th, 2015

Not keen to make friends
but perfectly at ease while
gabbing to thousands.

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a mind made of weary

Saturday, June 13th, 2015

His overtaxed brain
revved down to minimal speed
and seemed to have stalled.

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the finest print

Saturday, June 13th, 2015

The elders stared in
wonder at the wee words all
but unreadable.

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sleep is a fickle mistress

Thursday, June 11th, 2015

Many concepts turn
into fickle mistresses
because we lack sense.

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the miracle of sewage into potable water

Thursday, June 11th, 2015

Tubular filters
purify waste water in
under an hour.

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a furnace on four wheels

Tuesday, June 9th, 2015

Open the door to
a blast of compressed hot air,
then stick to the seats.

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pray for rain

Monday, June 8th, 2015

The dust choked the life
out of everything. The end
days were upon us.

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rich in nostalgia

Sunday, June 7th, 2015

Rich in nostalgia,
but poor in decency. Earth,
age 5 billion years.

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the neighborhood hoarders

Saturday, June 6th, 2015

The house next door has
more than enough mousetraps and
boxes full of clocks.

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selfie fixation

Saturday, June 6th, 2015

The mirror she used
had a lens and a thousand
faces looking back.

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featuring miss snuggles

Saturday, June 6th, 2015

The teddy bear had
a starring role in the tyke’s
staging of “Snow White.”

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have a day

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015

The cashier is too
cheerful. The phone rep is too
cheerful. Tone it down.

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summer city scavenging

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015

They posed in front of
the alleyway mural with
their mischievous smiles.

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