three girlfriends chatting in a mall café
sip coffee, pick at cake with small forks
first girl says that she slept fully clothed
but now she sleeps in her pajamas
second girl says she sleeps in her best lingerie
the set she was keeping for a ‘special case’
and the third one says that she sleeps naked
so rescuers will pay attention and save her first
and they giggle, and they go on to discuss
which lipstick shades are trendy this spring
meanwhile the tired rescuers go home, in silence
today they were saving human lives
by TETIANA ALEKSINA
© All rights reserved 2023
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nice one. like the way you juxtaposed the two situations.
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Thank you, Anil. I’ll let Tati know! 😄🙏
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My first thought was that these girls don’t know how to be thankful but then again, they may be down playing what they’ve experience as it could’ve been traumatic.
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I’m with you, Maria. I strongly suspect it’s the latter.
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Hauntingly beautiful
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I agree, Rae. It really presented life during wartime in a way I hadn’t considered before.
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Tony,
Life goes on every where and you never know what a day brings.
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Thanks, Gary.
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If you can still write terrific poetry, you are strong! Praying for you, dear Tati.
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She’d definitely a fighter, our Tati! Thank you for reading, Dolly!
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Always my pleasure, Tony and Tati.
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wow the twist Tony💔
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Tati really got me with that twist too, Cindy! Thanks so much for reading!
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A pleasure Tony!💕
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Excellently jarring contrast, silly girls & dire situations. But then again, maybe they’re keeping up their spirits in such grim days
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I suspect it may be the latter, Crispina, just as you surmised!
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🙂
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💚
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🙏💛💙
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