VJs Weekly Challenge – Regulars
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“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.” Seneca.
Word End
There was a camera crew,
celebrities of minor distinction,
someone pushing a microphone,
all the while hangers-on milled about,
but when the moment came for
words to be beaten into action,
the curious and the beautiful
faded quietly away into the distance,
leaving only the regulars
to do what needed to be done.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
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Nice twist on the last word. Good take on the prompt, Paul.
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Thank you very much VJ
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Welcome, Paul.
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Very philosophical too. Thank you for sharing, Paul! You gave me a lot of new thoughts, thinking about. Michael
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Well, glad to be a catalyst, thank you so much Michael
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😉 Always a great pleasure to me, Paul! Have a great weekend ahead. Michael
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Thank you, you too Michael
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So true. Very well conveyed in a few words.
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Many thanks Janet.
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Yup, that is life. It’s always the same few that really work to get things done.
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Yes, sadly so.
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The “tourist” went home.
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Yes, as usual.
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Many years ago my father (now deceased since 2012) got ill and had to go to the hospital. Things didn’t look good and family flew in and gathered. There were seven of us. Three local the rest flew in. Those that flew in arrived with great plans and demands. The three of us locals nicknamed them “the tourists”. We knew they would leave shortly. We let them have their say and feel good about themselves, then it was time for the tourists to go home. So they did. My father did fine through this particular ordeal. The locals (the three of us) cared for him and got him through the ordeal. As we always did. Once home, the tourists sent get well cards.
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I like how you gave the tourists space, and then got on with it. Similar experiences in other contexts, family, community, govt. it’s almost predictable.
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Interesting. I like where you went with this one.
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Thank you, I must say I feel somewhat irritated with these moments, I’ve had to live through them.
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I can understand that.
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The 80/20 rule in poetic form. Nice, Paul.
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Thank you so much Mitch.
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Isn’t that always the way, even more so in the social media age. Click the selfie-with-shovel, post on Instagram, job done.
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Yes, leaving a handful to actually do it (steam coming from ears)
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This line “for words to be beaten into action” is perfection! Thanks, Paul!
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I really appreciate your encouraging thoughts Susi.
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You are welcome, Paul 🙂
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Your words are ringing true, on the end of my tinker-bell shoes…..
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Thank you VJ
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Another insightful and challenging poem
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Many thanks Lyn
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Isn’t that just about always the case? Well said.
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Spoken from your experience I suspect, isn’t it just so, and I keep hoping it might change, Thank you for sharing 🙂
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