I remember when
all the lights went out in our house,
due to an unpaid electricity bill.
All my sister & I
could find in the house
were birthday candles.
But each time my mom would light one,
one of us would make a wish
& blow it out.
II.
Mom got angry & told us to sing a song instead,
so we sang happy birthday to the dark
iii. Parenthetically, a box of birthday candles are a box of untapped wishes
Beautiful.
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Thank you, Mr. Connection!
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Happy birthday, dear Dark, happy birthday to you.
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If you wished for the electricity bill to be paid, did your wish come true (eventually)?
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Logical, but, no, I think I wished for a train set
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Nicely done Mr Tref, very nicely done.
– Esme Cloud handing over the best choo-choo set ever seen
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A train set has always been one of those things I planned on one day seriously getting into. But I need a basement! And a train set! And miniature people to stand at the crossing and wave at the train as it goes by
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These elements do sound quite essential!
– Esme laughing upon the Cloud
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Your words always make me smile.
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Thanks, bespoke!
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Reblogged this on davidbruceblog #2 and commented:
Based on a true story?
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Based on a true lie!
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There was a time that this happened to me. It was winter, and me and my kids had to huddle in front of a fireplace.
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Actually, that seems rather nice.
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Because you seem to be on a (hopefully temporary) break, tref, I was forced to return and enjoy this fabulous post again.
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Haha! Thanks, for the encouragement, VC.
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Hilarious and now that scene is going to be stuck in my mind for a while. I can clearly see both the children’s and the mother’s reaction to this. Funny stuff, my friend!!
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Thank you!
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Thank you, HJ!
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Hilarious! I wrote more in my last reply but then wordpress made me log in and now it’s floating around cyberspace only to attach itself to some random post and totally confuse those who read it.
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