Tagged: instinct

mom cooks fish the way

mom cooks fish the way
her mama cooks fish
the way her grandma
cooked fish the way i
could never seem to cook
fish, no matter how
closely i watched,
how diligently
i took notes
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: fish

as a survival

as a survival
instinct, love
has his work cut
out keeping
up
with the
joneses – pain
deals yet
another game
of hearts as
fear glances at
her watch coolly,
fight or flight
adds an apple
to his juggle –
love keeps his
head down, the
math is not
adding up
.
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oftentimes, making

oftentimes, making
eye contact
is the
first instinct to
survival. other
times, all
avoidance
is a little more
than slightly
favored
.
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a wound up instinct

even before

even before
the opposable
thumbs come into
dependable order,
the hunter-gatherer
instinct kicks in –
all in a day’s work
.
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