When All Else Fails


When all else fails…

 I

       try on jeans to see

      if my pandemic belly

      argues with my zipper.

I

 watch animal videos until

my face has giggle paralysis.

I

        google “witch couture”

      for casual spells.

I

 put another flowerpot on the

front porch to see if the HOA notices.

I

       paste sticky notes on my coffee cup

      to remind me there’s life after caffeine.

©Susie Clevenger 2020

Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #24




Comments

  1. HelenJune 18, 2020 at 1:50 PM

    As you already know ~~~~ LOVE LOVE this one!

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  2. LoriJune 18, 2020 at 3:37 PM

    There's life after coffee?? I'm definitely not fitting into any of my pre-pandemic pants. Lol!

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  3. JimJune 18, 2020 at 4:56 PM

    Will the excitement never end? I keep thinking the next day should be Saturday. I see why prisoners scribble calendars on their walls.
    ..

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  4. Magaly GuerreroJune 18, 2020 at 5:22 PM

    Oh, Susie, this is delicious! Here I was thinking I was the only one watching the pandemic time fluctuation of my bits.

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  5. Rosemary Nissen-WadeJune 18, 2020 at 6:48 PM

    There's life after caffeine??? You mean caffeine is not the point of life?

    Seriously, you so nailed this.

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  6. Kim M. RussellJune 19, 2020 at 1:42 AM

    Love it! Especially the animal videos and witch couture.

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  7. Sanaa RizviJune 20, 2020 at 8:42 AM

    Ooh this is gorgeously rendered! I love; "paste sticky notes on my coffee cup to remind me there’s life after caffeine."💘

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  8. purplepeninportland.comJune 20, 2020 at 5:46 PM

    Love this, Susie! the witch couture, animal videos, and all.

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  9. RommyJune 21, 2020 at 5:18 AM

    I love these snapshots of a pandemic. LOL, some of these are all too familiar to me! I mostly check out Instagram for witch aesthetics though.

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  10. JennaJune 21, 2020 at 7:56 PM

    I love the part about the flowerpot and the HOA! That made me chuckle.

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