He wanted to explore on the opposite shore but was unlucky and unable to swim.
He said, “Kind Frog, I know you are strong and more than up to the task. Could you—no—would you carry me across the river? This is all that I ask.”
Said Frog now wary, “No, Scorpion, why should I carry you? I will not risk your sting!”
“Why,” Scorpion said softly, words full of ease, “if I did that, you’d freeze. You’d drown. Something so foolish would take us both down.” And helpful Frog was convinced.
But Scorpion was Scorpion as winter is cold weather and he laughed at Frog, stung poor Frog; they went down together.
But is Frog, foolish, trusting Frog, the one who should be blamed? Or is it the fault of Scorpion, smart, sharp Scorpion? He is the one who stung, who maimed!
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Kind Frog and the Scorpion
Date: 2020-05-21 01:38 am (UTC)Kind Frog and the Scorpion
He wanted to explore on the opposite shore but was unlucky and unable to swim.
He said, “Kind Frog, I know you are strong and more than up to the task.
Could you—no—would you carry me across the river? This is all that I ask.”
Said Frog now wary, “No, Scorpion, why should I carry you? I will not risk your sting!”
“Why,” Scorpion said softly, words full of ease, “if I did that, you’d freeze.
You’d drown. Something so foolish would take us both down.” And helpful Frog was convinced.
But Scorpion was Scorpion as winter is cold weather
and he laughed at Frog, stung poor Frog; they went down together.
But is Frog, foolish, trusting Frog,
the one who should be blamed?
Or is it the fault of Scorpion, smart, sharp Scorpion?
He is the one who stung, who maimed!
Dear people of Jupiter
Date: 2020-05-21 01:43 am (UTC)Dear people of Jupiter
At least
when it rains
there's diamonds.
When there’s no light,
nothing too see
past your own hand,
you’ll still have something
shimmering
to hold onto.
If only my body could handle the trip,
my mind the training.
I lose parts as a I leave the atmosphere.
Re: Dear people of Jupiter
Date: 2020-05-21 02:19 pm (UTC)Re: Dear people of Jupiter
Date: 2020-05-22 01:25 am (UTC)Yellow Tape
Date: 2020-05-21 01:59 am (UTC)Yellow Tape
You’re a detective
crossing the yellow tape of an
awful,
awful
crime scene.
The air is hazy.
The weapon,
a knife
a dirty knife,
lies on counter.
Onions. So many. I’ve chopped so many onions. What have I done?
Your look says it all. Don’t do it again.
Choose Your Own Adventure
Date: 2020-05-21 02:43 am (UTC)Choose Your Own Adventure
Tree after Tree so high there’s no sky,
air sticky like citrus.
Beautiful black sky soil breaking under
foot choking plants.
Waves roll blue and catch
rich as King’s brocade.
Spanish gold in the hold
bloodstained maybe
Sand stings the eyes
searching blind for the desert’s secret treasures.
Will you choose a star to follow home or slide
asleep among bones?
He
Date: 2020-05-21 02:53 am (UTC)He
Can he defuse the bomb
2 seconds left
on the clock?
It seems as if he has a choice:
save his buddy or swim to shore
save himself?
Save his girl
or save some strangers?
He doesn’t have a choice.
He has to do both. He has to do everything.
Does he have what it takes to do anything?
He will if he’s a man.