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He failed but would not let it go.
He would not let things rest.
He has to prod and press and woe
In niggling senseless tests.
He cannot accept evidence.
He contradicts all fact.
His weakness grows in petulance
Yet haggle seems he must.
A pity he’s so insecure.
His desperate noisome pouts.
Yet reason in most still endures
And his time will soon run out.
For Sammi‘s Weekend Writing Prompt: Niggle in 66 words
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Na'ama Yehuda 
Let the sands of time go faster until the end of January.. Then it can slow down again. Though methinks we’ll be witness to his niggling and annoying presence for years…
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Yeah, methinks you right. But … I’m putting it out there to the universe for reason to take better hold and light find a way back to those who surgically removed their spines and sealed all logic-entries shut …
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That’s a good plan, I say.
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Yeah … we got to try whatever plan we can for shining light in corners where the sun didn’t shine for some years now …
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No kidding.
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Nope … not kidding (I wish I was, though …) 😉
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Amen!!! And well said, thank you! 💚
Adele Ryan McDowell, Ph.D.
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Thank you, dear Adele. May times change for the better soon. It’s well past enough insanity.
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Surely, it’s time he accepted he’s fighting a losing battle.
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It is well past time for that! But, yeah …
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Na’ama Y’karah,
I’ve never seen anything like it in my lifetime. And I really would love to stop seeing it, hearing about it. PUHlease!!!! Well written in any event. Thank you.
Happy Chanukah/Hanukkah חנוכה
רחל
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I know … and I find myself resentful of some of my immediate associations and yet sometimes I feel that it is important to name the elephants … so, yeah … I hope that soon we’ll go back to fiction … 😉
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Amen to that. And in case you get a niggle to read mine it’s here. 😉 https://rochellewisoff.com/2020/12/13/weekend-writing-prompt-niggle/
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Dashing over! 🙂
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Methinks I detect a political current. Very good, Na’ama
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Ya think?!!! 😉 Don’t know what would make you think of politics … 😉
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No, well, I don’t usually. I’m not that way inclined.
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I was teasing …. 😉 It was quite politically slanted, at least in my immediate association. Sadly enough …
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I knew you were playing with me 🙂
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😀
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