New Life

Posted on January 16, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads:  Inside The Ink
(poetry or flash fiction with Magaly)
This week, I invite you to take a quote from the last book you read, and turn it into a new three-stanza poem or a very short story (of 313 words or fewer). Dance with the quote, laugh with it… cry with it—make us feel what the words made you feel. Please share the book quote and title.

From: The Nest, by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
Quote used: “You know you’re not that interesting anyway.”

He moves forward one step,
she back up two steps.
Puzzled, he wonders what happened.

She wonders how she kept
allowing him inside, like a stray pet.
He has no web for her to get trapped in.

Her inner broom has swept
him away; he is feeling inept
for the first time. Goodbye welcome wagon.

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About purplepeninportland

I am a freelance poet, born and bred in Brooklyn, New York. I live with my husband, John, and two charming rescue dogs–Marion Miller and Murphy. We spent eight lovely years in Portland, OR, but are now back in New York. My goal is to create and share poetry with others who write, or simply enjoy reading poetry. I hope to touch a nerve in you, and feel your sparks as well.
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14 Responses to New Life

  1. Sherry Marr says:
    January 16, 2017 at 2:52 pm

    I LOVE “her inner broom has swept him away.” I am going to remember that inner broom.

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  2. Theresa Milstein says:
    January 16, 2017 at 4:10 pm

    I appreciated the analogy with the stray pet.

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  3. kaykuala h says:
    January 16, 2017 at 4:12 pm

    Spate of tyranny is over.
    They strike at midnight.

    Well and good that they now had decided to make their destiny crucial for their own well-being

    Hank

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  4. Magaly Guerrero says:
    January 16, 2017 at 5:02 pm

    “Goodbye welcome wagon”, indeed. Sometimes , one just needs to kick them until they stop coming back with their tails between their legs (or pretending they own the house).

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  5. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) says:
    January 16, 2017 at 7:44 pm

    Ah.. the inner broom… that’s good.

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  6. Teresa says:
    January 16, 2017 at 8:14 pm

    This is nice. Love the imagery.

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  7. Rosemary Nissen-Wade says:
    January 16, 2017 at 9:05 pm

    Succinct and telling.

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  8. sanaarizvi says:
    January 19, 2017 at 4:25 pm

    Beautifully haunting!

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