#Flash Fiction Challenge for Carrot Ranch Literary Community #Poetry

March 25 2021, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write an escape. It can be daring or subtle. Who is escaping from what and why? Go where the prompt leads!

Over the past few months

I have felt like a caged bird

I will be 75 come the beginning of April

I cannot wait to get outside

To pop into my charity shops

See my wonderful ladies smiling

Pick up the odd piece or two

For me, this is my big escape

I have to make the most of every minute

Never knowing how many I have left

My son will take me from the confines

of my four walls to the coast

A bag of hot salty chips in my hand

As proof I made it outside, free…

© Anita Dawes 2021


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  1. Norah Avatar

    We must make the most of every moment. It’s our escape.

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    1. Books & Bonsai Avatar

      Freedom might be just around the corner, Norah!

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      1. Norah Avatar

        Indeed! We live in hope. :)

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  3. Charli Mills Avatar

    Hot salty chips — evidence of an escape. Well done, Anita.

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    1. Books & Bonsai Avatar

      And we will be doing this any day now, Charli!

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  4. Eliza Waters Avatar

    ‘Going for the gusto,’ as the ad used to tell us. :)
    Happy Birthday in advance!

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    1. Books & Bonsai Avatar

      Thank you so much Eliza!

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