Risk-Free

drinks, non-alcoholic
candy cigarettes
double-masked
risk-free ~
  existence?

drinklifefree verse

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Marikate Kingston

January 18, 2022 at 7:50 PM

Candy cigarettes, yes, drinking water through the hose, never wearing seatbelts in family station wagon and more. Hard to date ourselves. I’m still sitting here alive though and lucky to stay there with my mask.

P.S. Awtry

January 12, 2022 at 11:39 AM

No such thing! Everything’s a risk—choose the risks right for you! I like this write—short, sweet, and provocative

Gershon Wolf

January 12, 2022 at 6:05 PM

Everything IS risky... Gosh, when did I start thinking that way? ... I remember distinctly getting on a plane in my early 50's, looking at the pilot and thinking, Why am I trusting my life to this man?! That's where it began, I believe...

L Milton Hankins

January 12, 2022 at 8:41 AM

So this is what we've become, eh? Good writing, gw.

Gershon Wolf

January 13, 2022 at 6:49 AM

I see many in the younger generations who are so risk-averse. 'Course they may have gotten it from their 50+ year-old parents who waited so long (too long!) to have kids -- till they were 'financially secure.' ~ gw