Tagged: different

perhaps all apples

perhaps all apples
are not the same, though certain
varieties can

make you a true believer –
mum is the delicious word
.
20211123:2055
y

after having tried

after having tried
frog legs, one can’t look at frogs
the same way again
.
20210707:2108
y

mid-chew, one can still

mid-chew, one can still
be vigilant, mid-thought is
a different matter
.
20210615:2112
y

as long as you and

as long as you and
i still wish
for entirely
different things,
there will
be enough
room to grow, maybe
even flourish
.
20210607:2119
y

we are either all

we are either all
the same or so very much
different underneath

it all – we pretend to speak the
same language for a little while
.
20210109:2113
y

after the rain, we

after the rain, we
almost always see things quite
differently, newly

polished, not as much the thing
being seen, but our imperfect lens
.
20200728:2050
y

tucked here and there on

tucked here and there on
our shelves, a collection of
differences, trading

secrets in the dark, learning
to live with one another
.
20191109:1016
y

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year one climbs into

year one climbs into
the suitcase of year two, and
you say it still weighs

the same, nothing has changed, but
somehow we have acquired more
.
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y

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after all, we are

after all, we are
one another’s
staples – not
very different from
potatoes and
carrots, rice
and beans,
congee and
pickled radish
.
20190528:2212
y

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but don’t we at least

but don’t we at least
have to acknowledge that nearly
everything is the

same when no one knows enough
to celebrate the changes
.
20190330:2217
y

** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: celebrate