Here’s 50 words.
Read them twice.
The signs provide alternatives
Preying on your fear
Suggesting new directions
To questions still unclear
Nothing that is tangible
Nothing that is near
Directing you to anywhere
Anywhere but here
But I … too old to ponder
Another course to steer
Will find instead a quiet place
To have another beer
Richmond Road 
Fifty quality words are far more valuable than a hundred trite ones 🙂
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What are you talking about? I specialise in trite.
But if you read my stuff a few times over and pause occasionally to say, “hmmm …. yes …. interesting … and almost insightful”, it provides a certain sense of gravity that is entirely unwarranted but ravenously appreciated by the author.
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lol you blustering old ding bat
what on earth are you talking about!
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Well …. I don’t know what I’m talking about. That is my point.
But it’s fun to imagine that, every now and then, people make the mistake of thinking that I do.
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A quiet place and a beer. What more can you want?
I laughed at the 100 words = 50×2.
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A 50% effort ending with a beer is, perhaps, more telling of my character than I might have intended.
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Hahahah!
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I read the words, then read them in reverse, hoping to find a secret meaning or message. I won’t tell you if I found one or not, because then it wouldn’t be a secret. 😯
Oh, I read the signs, too. Sorry.
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You should try reading everything upside down. It renders everything wonderfully meaningless but is good exercise for the brain.
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Only you….
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“Read them twice.” Haha… love that. Love the poem, too. I think I just love your writing.
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As usual, Sandra, you are way too kind.
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No… I think I’m just the right amount of kind. Maybe even not enough!
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I read this twice and found myself going in a different direction..was that deliberate?????
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Signs, when you
stop to think about it,
are just a whispered
advice, along your trip…
For, anytime
along the way,
you might get lost
or go astray.
So when you leave
stay open minded
travel safely and
journey blind!
🙂
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The signs point clearly
Down the track
No hesitation
Looking back
A well worn path
For all to tread
One direction.
Straight ahead.
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What I like is not the signs in the photo but the guy squatting down taking a photo (I assume?) of the lady with the tree growing out of her head!! Anyone game to try captions? Or even a dialogue between the two people concerned? Huge fun could ensue …?!
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