The Tarot cards levitate above the table,
hesitate between dark and bright futures,
blood and plague, or
dancing, kissing and seduction,
penny pinching or wealth beyond dreams.
The dreadful creature
lifts his gun, aims, squeezes:
the cards have decided.
You’ll find other wordles, no doubt less gloomy, at Brenda’s Sunday Whirl
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What a game.. I guess cards and bad creatures with guns can only end in one way
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yikes! short, sweet and to the point … gun point that is! loved it!
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Excellent use of prompt, Viv!
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Love the poem -Now Viv, that wasn’t that hard to touch the darkside 🙂 Sometimes it’s fun to write about those things.
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Heavy and intriguing scene, Viv! I like the drama…well wordled! 🙂
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Oh dear, Viv, this gave me chills. Well done.
Pamela ox
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Sorry Pamela – It did me, too.
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Brilliant use of the words!
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I’m glad those particular cards aren’t deciding for me!
Dancing and Praying
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Yes, a gun can settle things in a huraray = words are more fun!
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I like the way to did it, and fun to read!
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What a wonderful image you created with those few words. I don’t know how you do it! Brilliant.
Warning 2! – I’ll be in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme soon and visiting my old haunts from when I lived in Normandy!
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Do come visit with us – though we’re about 200 miles West of the Somme! Email me.
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Not much of a wordler myself, V, but I gotta say: you nailed this one.
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Those thirteen words have a lot to answer for. Once they were in my brain nothing good would come out certainly not a love story! You seem to have had the same problem!
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And a return oo from me..this is such a cliff hanger..and so punchily written..could visualise the scene and was of course left am wondering – mon dieu!
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Yikes! Makes me feel much more sanguine about playing chess!
Actually mine was a bit gloomy – one of those Wordles, I expect.
Warning – the Newbery entourage will be sweeping through Paris next week. Stay indoors. 🙂
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I’m about 150 miles from Paris, but you’re welcome to drop in!
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Thank you. You’re safe then. We are over for my son’s graduation at Fontainebleau from INSEAD. Only for a week – will find our way to Giverny but most of our time will be hitting the sights of Paris. Will have my 80yo mother with us – what did she most want to see in Paris? The Moulin Rouge. It must be genetic. 🙂
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Fontainbleau, Giverney and Paris: lucky you. The Moulin Rouge will be swarming with tourists, difficult to move in the Place du Tertre, but the bucket lists of we oldies must be indulged.
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