For William

Somebody just sent this to me in the mail as a reminder of days gone by.

More fuel for my obsession with the dying light.

For Cyranny’s one word challenge- enticing

A bit obscure, I’ll grant you. But she will know what I’m on about. This particular cake designed, of course, to be taken with a pinch of salt.

A picture’s worth

A phrase or two

A taste of me

A taste of you

A candle on the top

To say

We celebrate

Another day

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It’s just a picture

Not a cake

It’s neither real

Nor a fake

Like a greeting card

I sent

Awkward words

With good intent

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Let’s keep magic

In the air

Let’s laugh about

What isn’t there

Sweet and soft

And so enticing

A picture of the cake

We’re slicing.

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Whatever you like

Is it Gospel? Soul?

Is it Country & Western?

Rock ‘n Roll?

Maybe it’s jazz

In a smoky bar

Maybe the beat

Of the bass guitar

But it don’t matter, baby

What you choose

‘Cause sitting here, sweetheart

I’ve just got the blues

There’d be only one tune

If I had the choice

The beautiful music

The sound of your voice.

3 things challenge … blues, country, rock ‘n roll

Look at you there

Blow-dried hair

You stop to pull your stockings up

The boys all stop and stare

Some they just want mothering

Or to see the bits you’re covering

Others maybe wondering

If they can make you care.

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Me? I’m old and wiser

Emotionally a miser

I’ve seen what you are selling

And I know it isn’t real

But you are so very glamorous

And I so very amorous

Can we overlook reality?

Can we cut a deal?

Word of the day – Amorous