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Read more: Death Valley VacayJoyriding through Death Valley Just me and SallyWhite salt crystals on my knees As the bone-dry air sears and clamps my throatI desperately wheeze, “Sally, can I have some water please?”“Hm. It seems the water bottles have exploded We’re almost at Furnace Creek Hang on. H2O’s coming tout de suite.”Before we could get thereMy butt…
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Read more: The Handshake Clausechillin’ with a cornucopia of germsthis is a hostile takeovera violation of standstill termsa handshake is all it takes permission grantedwithout consulting firmsyou guys are a bunch of worms could you imagine if germs needed permission before entering your body. written explicit permission. Thank you, Sammi. © 2026 Ociola Samantha Williams. All Rights Reserved.
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Read more: Credenza InfluenzaSick with influenza Lying on this credenza(so uncomfortable)Looking for more words that rhyme with influenza settling for… resistenza (which makes sense-enza)Then I wonderedIf I were sick as a dog does that mean I have dog fluIf I got bird flu, would I be able to fly dropping turds on heads as I pass by (for…
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Read more: In A MinuteFor youI will run the extra mileBut if I do it right now I might dieGimme a year or twoAnd I’ll also go to bat for you Photo by Victor Freitas on Unsplash © 2026 Ociola Samantha Williams. All Rights Reserved.
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Read more: Anything but BenignYou awful human being — I revoke your significanceA peacock, whose ego is rice paper thin —That explains everythingVerbal flames leap from your tongueGatekeeper! Clipper of wingsResistant like the ponderosa pineI’ve told your family and mine No longer susceptible to isolation by designYou’re cancerous. Without you I’ll be just fine Another protest against perpetrators of…
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Read more: Picture Leaving with All Your PartsA number of years back I bought Picturebook Makers. I was attracted because I wanted to use it as inspiration for drawing in general. At the time I wasn’t thinking about writing books for children. OR maybe I was, who knows. I pulled it off the shelf this morning and I’m noticing that how I…
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Read more: Dark Matter MythologyI haven’t done one of these in a minute. Came across her photo yesterday while looking for something else on Pixabay or Unsplash. With this webp you can’t see the patches of fur on her face but I will have to live with it. The png is almost 20 mb. © 2026 Ociola Samantha Williams.…
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Read more: Sweet WomanI do not want your manBut if you take mine, that’s fineI neither conflate, nor do I equaterelationship with ownershipIf your man wants to strayAnd I feel the need to play, I’ll do it anywayDon’t look to me and stewYou’re ready to fight and go on stinkI’m probably not the only woman he’s “talking” toTake…
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Read more: Aging in AdverbsAging gracefully… while living graciously(I hope you can apply those terms to me)I still often do things impulsivelyNow, willing to accept help courageouslyTo my future self: there are several promises to keep Including 12 minute on the rower before I sleepBut first, I’ve got a hodgepodge of food to eat Thank you, Sammi. Photo by…
