101 Dalmations

I wrote this poem, called Simple Pleasures, on a site called Written? Kitten! where every hundred words you write earns you the adorable picture of a kitten (ikr? who thought of that!) This poem, though I struggled for 60 whole seconds to make it exactly one hundred words, leaked into one hundred and one, hence the title of this post. Here’s the poem, and the picture I earned:

My hair is wet on my sunburned back
Simple pleasures are strong and stable
The shadows lengthen as the sun sets
The long slow sound of a rocking cradle
A tune plays sadly across the water
Simple pleasures are tough and hardy
A smile spreads across my own, tired face
Those people, relentless, keep calling me shorty!
The wind whips my hair away from my eyes
Simple pleasures are supple and smooth
My fingers slide effortlessly over the piano
My feet push angrily out of my shoes
Simple pleasures
Thanks too,
For
That moment, when a friend says “I love you”

Kitten in basket

Altogether now: AWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

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