It's Still Life

poetry and prose

Two In An Inkblot

Two In An Inkblot

These two
Born
to play one
off the other
One or
the other is
always in favour
They want
to love
but they’re
filled with want

Written for kHartless Ink Blot, image from Rorschach’s Inkblots on Getty Images. ps: Should be 50-words. It’s not.

Misky

Dec 2, 2021

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10 responses to “Two In An Inkblot”

abigfatcanofworms

Dec 2, 2021 at 12:47 pm

Who set a word limit? What a blot. To love. To want to want for love to want to love

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1. Misky
  
  Dec 2, 2021 at 12:58 pm
  
  I thought I read the 50-word target on K’s post. Maybe not. To be honest, I don’t enjoy writing to inkblots; I always feel exposed.
  
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  1. abigfatcanofworms
    
    Dec 2, 2021 at 9:20 pm
    
    You were right about the word limit. I’m a goose. I just wrote what i thought the shape looked like. Goodness knows what that says about me.
    
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    1. Misky
      
      Dec 2, 2021 at 9:27 pm
      
      I did the same. (shrug) My head didn’t have another 25 words in it for the image. It is what it is, I reckon!
      
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Ron.

Dec 2, 2021 at 1:34 pm

I see screamers. But that’s just me. And me. We never get along. One of us is nuts
Both of us is in love with your poetry, though.

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1. Misky
  
  Dec 2, 2021 at 2:26 pm
  
  😂🤣😂 I’m okay with that, with you both.
  
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Hobbo

Dec 2, 2021 at 7:35 pm

They look like a psychedelic yin and yang!

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1. Misky
  
  Dec 2, 2021 at 7:49 pm
  
  Looked like two people shouting at each other to me.
  
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K.Hartless

Dec 3, 2021 at 3:01 am

This is a clear warning against becoming romantically involved with someone similar minded, and also ever applying word counts, as this is gorgeous in it’s pain. Thank you for penning and sharing it.

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1. Misky
  
  Dec 3, 2021 at 7:53 am
  
  Thanks ever!!
  
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