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a statement that is taken to be true

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Nov 21, 2022
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“Can you believe he’s going to be ninety? Next month?” Admiration cartwheeled across Thalia’s features. “Out walking with his cane, temps in the teens, and gale force winds — there was ice on the path! I want Typist to be him when she’s 89!”

“Admirable,” Nią looked up from the day’s planner.

“He said he can’t ‘sit around the house’ because when he does… he gets ‘all stiff.’”Calliope’s hamstrings gave a small cry of protest in response to an early morning forward fold. “Move it… or lose it.”


Words from Typist:

I collect octogenarians like a magnet attracts metal shavings. 😂
I wonder what that’s about?

What do you attract?
And do you wonder… Why?

Perhaps you’ll write a haiku, or a six-word-sentence in response?
3mm comments WELCOME YOU!

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And/Or — Tell us how you feel about yesterday’s cross-post!

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JackH
Nov 21, 2022Liked by 3musesmerge

T-shirt:

“I’m going to lie

under the tree so folks know

that I am a gift”

😁

Had to restructure the original t-shirt quip for 5/7/5, and "T-shirt" is NOT part of the haiku this time. Also doesn't even remotely fit in with the 3mm topic today, and readers will just have to know that the tree mentioned is a Christmas tree. And I guess I don't so much *attract* quips as go searching for them.

Otherwise, totally seamless. <cough>

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Billie Short
Nov 21, 2022Liked by 3musesmerge

Laundry by the bale

Dog hair, mosquito bites too

The best connections

I would like to attract sleep

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