The Inkwell
#FFFC #Room #Camera #Press #Photo #Assignment
Sat upstairs in their hotel room since breakfast
They’re waiting for their target
In pursuit of a picture for the morning paper
Note : they’ve come prepared – camera’s armed and ready
Gloriously luxurious gown for her, suit tie and tails for him
#FFFC #Mirror #Man
Manchester, 7th October 2019
A tale of a street performer, inspired by Fandango’s Picture in the Flash Fiction Challenge
He Stands on his spot,
on the grass in the square,
doing his thing
while the others stare.
Today it is sunny,
so today – there’s a crowd
with his occasional movement
they cheer out loud
Sometimes a bird might land on his head
hoping for the chance that they might be fed
So inside his pocket – should there be a need
he has a small bag, of bird food or seeds
Little girl passing, trying to be brave
mirror man turns and gives her a wave
and watches others, as he gives them the time
in amusing but wordless performance in mime.
#FFFC
The humans moved out of this place
They used to make things here
Things that moved
Things that travelled
A few returned,
leaving their mark
Adding a spot of colour
to desolate walls
Mother nature spotted
the empty space
and send out a message
via the western wind
Soon up in the girders,
feathered builders of craft,
making homes in foundations
in steels for and aft
#FFFC #Nuclear #Radioactive #Waste
Image Credit : enriquelopezgarre@pixabay.com.
They said it was cleaner than coal
so the men in charge let them build it
starting off small
but then expanding across the greenbelt
the men at the power grid – overjoyed
as coal took a back seat to cleaner energy
the money rolled in
but nobody noticed – the barrels building up
toxic legacy hidden behind trees
till a concrete tomb was dug down below
and the barrels that ticked and clicked
found a new home below till solutions were found.
#FFFC #Time #Beauty
Image credit : KELLEPICS@pixabay.com.
Looking in the mirror
I count the creases
in this once youthful face
Time is a fickle friend
Where is that younger me ?
The one with hopes and dreams
And yet, when we meet
it seems time stands still
for the girl of fifteen
Essence of Youth ?
from the sea of time
or frozen in a moment ?
And the one thing that gets me
as the seconds move on
Your beauty hasn’t changed
#FFFC
Verbally repeating something, word for word
Everybody is supposed to do it
Reality is by the time the message gets
Back to the person its supposed to get to
A key element has changed
The message too – hasn’t gone out the way it should
In fact – the receiver of the Chinese whisper has to find you to confirm it
Maybe – its best – to write it down ?
#FFFC #Abandoned #Derelict #Brokenwindows
with thanks to Aron Jäger@unsplash.com for providing the Image
I remember the weeks before the builders moved in
the children, were now learning – in bright shiny blocks
up the road in the next district
whilst the old building sat – a nest for the birds
and a target for vagabonds with little on their minds
smashed glass and vibrant graffiti the order of the day
as the old iron gates sat rusting
waiting for the wrecking balls to arrive
