Tomato / Tomatoe / Potato / Potatoe
You say / I say
Twenty minutes!
That’s all she allows herself for her daily chores. She sets a timer and as it begins to tick down she works.
Twenty minutes!
She picks up the rug and takes it outside, giving it a good bash or two to get out the ingrained dirt; she empties the trash bin and sweeps the kitchen floor.
Twenty minutes!
As the clock ticks she washes the dishes — until she hears the dial click and a tinny ring.
Twenty minutes!
She downs tools and sits with a good book.
Her friends call her lazy — she calls herself productive.
I was challenged by Jessica's Quill (Medium Writer) to write a drabble of the word 'lazy'.
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Colleen Millsteed
My first love is poetry — it’s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves — I’m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.
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Colleen, this is not lazy, this is a writer's life! This made me feel that I am the slacker here, lol!
I don't think that's lazy. I feel it's good time management. Loved your drabble!
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Good story
Lol, I just heard a story from one of my wife's parishioners right along these lines. He was selling some hogs to an associate while a hard working wizened woman & her mother were doing the same. She looked at him & his hogs & asked, "You work those?" He responded, "Nah, they're just feeders." She replied with great disdain, "Why you don't work at all, do ya." He begged to differ. I guess working hogs is pretty hard & harrowing work, especially sows.
Good job on this drabble, Colleen! I like it. Twenty minutes sounds good in one way. I could handle that. I am afraid I need to do so much more time than that every day. With some major uncluttering, it would come closer, but still not do what needed to be done.