Happiness preserved,
in glazed UV protection.
Or permanent lie?
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Cathy holmes
Canadian family girl with a recently discovered love for writing. Other loves include animals and sports.
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Unsung Hero
I hung out at Madigan Park all the time when I was a kid. Back then it wasn’t Madigan—it was just the park, the place my friends and I went to get stoned under the bigass birds-of-paradise that sang after a few joints. Now it’s nothing. Those birds-of-paradise—most of them older than I am—burned in the fight. The stinky torreya the mayor planted for his birthday is black and barely standing. Faulkner’s founder is flat on his face with a broken nose, which my partner has been trying to slip into my pocket for the last ten minutes. Even the playground is now a McDonald’s-colored puddle and the lawns are black where the last embers aren’t glowing.
By Rosie Ford 4 days ago in Chapters
Comments (15)
Gurl this was brilliant! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Yes! Cathy, THIS is fantastic! Picture or in person, you never know the story behind the smile. I’ve smiled many times when all I wanted to do was cry. 💞
Ooooo, good question, Cathy! Now, my question is; Is it directed at this one, or portrait photos in general? I think it could go eiher way.
Love haikus 😃
Excellent!!!!
In short words I really loved 😍
Ooh, this is do much how I feel about my kids' school photos.
We would like to think they were always happy moments 🥰Nicely done 👍
There does seem to be something a bit artificial in her expression, doesn't there?
That permanent lie hit me so hard. Not everything stay the same. People change. Hence, they become the permanent lie. This was so poignant! I loved it!
Magnificent!!! Loving it!!!💕❤️❤️
Good poem!
A senryu laid out here for you About appearances, made up or real Matters not truth, fiction or in between Just be happy with how you are seen … And how you truly feel. 😍🍷😍
lol the permanent lie is so funny 😆
Great Senryu