This Week

*** THIS WEEK ***

(“If my doctor told me I had six minutes left to live, I wouldn’t 
brood.  I’d type a little faster.”  Isaac Asimov)

The sliced portions of this week
Collapsed, an almost eloquent fall
Into a slow-motion slide 
Of morsels
Then, still unnoticed, on into
The soft blue crystals of
This week’s ending — being
Merely a measure of the journey’s recipe
For this grouping of days — thus…
I now see their floating,
Their flour-misty cloud descending
Through a sieve Life quickly set
Over time’s mixing bowl, wishing
To gather anew 
A batter for next week’s
Offered cakes.

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(c) sally young eslinger 5/19/22
With thanks to God

Copyright © | Year Posted 2022



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Date: 6/2/2022 8:40:00 PM
Looks like you took Asimov's advice, Sally, and typed faster, leaving yourself with minutes to spare! ... Lotsa minutes, I hope!! Nice penning! ~ Gershon
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Date: 5/31/2022 2:09:00 PM
A "Creative" write. Yes, let's type faster. Today, be blessed as you type away..........
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Date: 5/30/2022 12:34:00 PM
Delightful Sally; anything sounding a bit pastry always gets my intention. I think you are right...experience is less to dwell upon, and more to use as staples and seasoning for more tasteful life.
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Date: 5/20/2022 11:05:00 AM
The ephemeral quality of time is captured so well in this poem's stirring and beautiful imagery, Sally. Have a nice day, Evelyn
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Date: 5/20/2022 10:03:00 AM
This has such a melancholy feel, I too sometimes see the end of a week as morsels left on a plate, also like the touch of hope at the end-
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Date: 5/19/2022 7:07:00 PM
Liked your prose alot.
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