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Ar dversepoets.com today, the Monday Quadrille #41..in 44 words, use the word spice or a derivative of it.
Sugar & Spice
Mitochondrial
DNA gave her cheeks of
peaches and vanilla ice cream, hazelnut eyes, saffron hair,
a temperament of
earthy, solemn juniper,
easy as soft rosewater...
allspice true
...she is not the person she
was before, easy
to take for granted,
not hard to read,
Ooh, love how this starts out being about DNA and predetermined things but by the end she has changed and is changing.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteI have always wondered if DNA matter much less than we really think... maybe it's more a canvas to paint our own destiny.
ReplyDeleteLoving this visceral way of looking at, examining, who we are. I've always loved to say the word "Mitochondrial" -- it just rolls around on the tongue. So then when you add the flavors and spices here.......loving the individuality of this woman!
ReplyDeleteMuch appreciated comment.TY!
DeleteWhen we take people or things around us for granted we assume they are not hard to read. They may be harder than we realize.
ReplyDeleteThe adage to not judge a biik by its cover.
Delete"she is not the person she
ReplyDeletewas before"
What a great line! I wasn't sure if the description that followed was who she was before, or who she is now, but it doesn't matter so much as the realization that sometimes we are changed by our circumstances.
The latter is the way she was before. Thanks, Kim.:-)
DeleteJust love the phrase "cheeks of peaches and vanilla ice cream".
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