Necessary

December 1, 2021Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Funnies, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Writing Tags: 100WordChallenge, Arts and Crafts, Current affairs, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Micro-fiction, Necessary, Outhouse, parents, Politics, self-expression 38 Comments

“So the lower level is buried under and the upper level is inaccessible. Apt. Shouldn’t it say ‘Dung View’?”

Darlene chuckled. Mom wasn’t shy about imparting opinions. Darlene was not all that different, even if she didn’t always find words to be necessary.

Necessary. The double meaning turned her giggle into a guffaw.

“What?” Mom insisted. She hated being left out.

“Nothing necessary…” Darlene’s laughter intensified. She clasped at her belly and tried to point. “Or … perhaps it is…”

Mom eyed the outhouse. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

“Drop your snow-pants. I’ll dig you a chamber pot.”

For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers

Photo prompt: © LIsa Fox

Not Granted

October 23, 2021Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Trauma and Development, Writing Tags: Asking Questions, Current events, Facts Matter, Lies, Poetry, Politics, Right from Wrong, Spin, Truth, Weekend Writing Prompt 30 Comments

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Do not take any of it

For granted.

Words that oft repeat are not

In of themselves

A fact,

Just because they are told

With sneering emphasis.

Beware of those who judge

A question

As treason,

As something one must

Automatically

Dismiss

Or risk being called

Disloyal

To a person,

For having fealty to the Truth

And the backbone

To speak.

So, yes, do

Question

Empty statements.

Do withhold permission

To deflect

Blame

From those who harm,

To those who point out

The abuse.

For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Question in 84 words

Not Long Now

December 12, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: Creative writing, Current events, Facts Matter, Insecurity, It is time, Niggle, Not Okay, Poetry, Politics, Reality, Weekend Writing Prompt 20 Comments

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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

His Insatiable Need

October 31, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Trauma and Development, Writing Tags: Authoritarianism, Creative writing, Cult, Current events, Drama, Hystrionics, Poetry, Politics, Reality check, Truth, Weekend Writing Prompt 24 Comments

Dictator-

He is known for his insatiable

Need

For drama.

Histrionics

Are his drug.

He requires frequent dosing

Of idolizing

Chants by crowds.

He does not believe in

Science

Or in reason

Or in truth,

Which to him detract from

The ardent fervor

He craves as complete

Fealty

Proof.

For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Histrionics in 48 words

In Opposition

October 10, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: Asinine, Current events, Elections, Future, Having a voice, hope, parenting, Poetry, Politics, Protest, Vote, Weekend Writing Prompt 21 Comments

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They stood in opposition to

Those infatuated

By the asinine,

Those energized by contempt,

Reveling in hate.

They stood in opposition to

The denial of reality

And the dismissal of

Fact

And science

And pain

And death.

They cast ballots in opposition to

Ineptitude upheld as

Strength,

And insults as

Saving face.

They linked

Metaphorical arms

In solidarity with

Truth

And hope

In possibility of

Reclaiming faith.

To show their children

That voice

Helps.

For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Asinine in 74 words

What To Do?

September 12, 2020September 12, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: Change, cleaning up, Climate Change, Consequences, Current affairs, Elections, Poetry, Politics, Practical solutions, Rectify, Vote, Weekend Writing Prompt 16 Comments

What are we to do?

They asked,

When all seems to be

So broken-up?

How can we rectify

When the mess

We allowed

Exceeds nightmare

Proportions?

Perhaps,

The measured response was,

Begin with

Cleaning up.

For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Rectify in 35 words

The Misanthrope

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Reflections, Writing Tags: Creative writing, Current affairs, Disdain, Dysfunctional, Misanthrope, Narcissism, personality, Politics, Reality, Sarcasm, Weekend Writing Prompt 21 Comments

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There is nothing anyone could say to change his mind.

Or his attitude.

Or his demeanor.

One could hardly expect him to respect those who practically asked to be demeaned, who did not try to rise above their lassitude, who did not take the opportunity when it presented.

So what if his wealth was carved out of others’ misery?

Someone had to do it. Someone had to step up to the plate and be the boss.

What did they expect him to be? A sniveling, prattling sissy like the ones who follow him?! They are lucky to have him.

For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Misanthrope in 99 words

Disclaimer: No offense intended to any amphibians. I know they are better than that. Image presented for illustration purposes only….

Cavalier

July 11, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: Abuse of power, Bad apple, Cavalier, Current events, Gaslighting, Leadership, Narcissism, personality, Poetry, Politics, Reality, Weekend Writing Prompt 27 Comments

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He thinks himself a cavalier:

Aristocratic,

Well revered.

In fact he is

Just cavalier:

Disdainful

Petty

Quick to smear.

He thinks himself

A cavalier:

A man whose word all

Must adhere.

In truth he is

Just cavalier:

Dismissive

Hurtful

Full of sneer.

He thinks himself

A cavalier:

Someone for everyone

To cheer.

Yet he is

A racketeer,

And they want him

Out of here.

For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Cavalier in 64 words

Swamp Dweller

June 13, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: Corruption, Cruelty, Current events, Dark Times, Gaslighting, Lies, Obdurate, Politics, Society, Swamp, Weekend Writing Prompt, Writing Challenge 11 Comments

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He claims crises are never his doing.

He says none of what’s broken

Can be.

Not the harm.

Not the scams.

Not the spread of corruption,

Or growing alarm.

It is all others’

Fault.

Everyone else

Is bad.

If there’s pain

It’s the doing of fools

Who complain

And fake hardships besides.

Obdurate,

He mocks all

Who point out

Lies he told.

To him every word

From his mouth

Is pure gold.

For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Obdurate in 72 words

They’ll Return

May 19, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: America, Current affairs, Eagle, fpj-photo-challenge, Future, Have a voice, Photo Challenge, Poetry, Politics, Symbolism, Truth, Vote 11 Comments

Photo: Karen Forte

They’ll return

To the sky

To the bluffs

To the forests.

They’ll return

To true pride

To the strength

And the chorus,

Of the way

Things can be

When the truth

One can see

And the powers

Of we,

Will refuse to

Agree

To deceits of those

Pretending

To celebrate

Being free.

For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Return

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