Written for: dVerse Poets Pub - Quadrille: Swift (posted by sarahsouthwest) "Swifts are a relative of the swallow – but harder to spot. They fly around a million miles over a lifetime – enough to take them to the moon, and back, and back again. They fly far enough to go five times round the earth every year. And that’ pretty much all they do. They feed on the wing, they mate on the wing, they land for long enough to lay eggs and hatch chicks, but mostly, they fly. You won’t see them perching on a wire or a twig, you will only see them in flight. And they are fast – they can even beat a peregrine falcon in a flat race." "Swift also means fast, of course. I’m not sure whether the bird was named for its speed, or if swift was first used as a metaphor likening someone to the bird. Horses are swift and pints are drunk swiftly." Glasses of red wine pour down her throat with the swiftness of a racehorse. Of course the difference is that racehorses may win, while she will be looked upon with swift condemnation. When dinner is served, she falls face forward into her Caesar salad. https://dversepoets.com/
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This sounds like a really bad dinner night for her! An interesting take on the prompt !
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and her date . . . Thanks, Dwight!
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yes!!
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Indeed an interesting take on the prompt. Nicely done.
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Thanks, Arcadia!
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Oh dear…
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Drinking like a fish…er, horse, doesn’t end well!
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No, it doesn’t. Not fun for person in the center of attention, nor for the people who witness it.
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Very good!
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Thanks, Carol!
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I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. It’s a terrible story, once you think about it. I want to know why she needed to obliterate herself.
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Hard to witness. Thanks, Sarah!
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swiftly kerplunck
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Issues with blog – If I have not thanked you, I do so now.
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You got her just right, Sara. I dated her once. Once was enough.
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I should hope so! Thanks, Ron.
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Sara, this is wonderfully hysterically funny … well done.
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Thanks, Helen!
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That is funny in writing but would be incredibly sad to witness.
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Thanks, Rev. Yes, I do agree.
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I love this part:
“Of course the
difference is
that racehorses
may win”
The seasoning for the salad is in the story.
Very well done, Sara.
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Thanks, Lisa!
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You’re welcome.
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It is funny… but really sad when someone cannot hold their liquor…
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It makes those around them cringe.
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