Some of my 20 October 2021 responses:
/// Dorrie’s basket, made from rattan mesh,
contains fish which are no longer fresh.
It would have been nice
had she packed them in ice.
Now the stench fouls her clothes and her flesh.
/// Heavy weight from that large rattan pack
gives her pain which she needs to attack.
So she reaches behind
with a balled fist, to find
where to press in the small of her back.
/// Dirty laundry in public? Don’t air it!
But the adage did not say, “Don’t wear it.”
Dorrie dresses in layers
and asks in her prayers,
“It’s my body; can’t I grin and bare it?”
Some of my 20 October 2021 responses:
/// Dorrie’s basket, made from rattan mesh,
contains fish which are no longer fresh.
It would have been nice
had she packed them in ice.
Now the stench fouls her clothes and her flesh.
/// Heavy weight from that large rattan pack
gives her pain which she needs to attack.
So she reaches behind
with a balled fist, to find
where to press in the small of her back.
/// Dirty laundry in public? Don’t air it!
But the adage did not say, “Don’t wear it.”
Dorrie dresses in layers
and asks in her prayers,
“It’s my body; can’t I grin and bare it?”