I wondered how my body would be affected,
trading human exterior
for something less fragile.
Potions bottle instructions claimed
after affects
lasted one night only.
Think Daphne had this problem?
Author notes
Prompt choice four:
rache-engel.deviantart.com/art/lets-be-human-no-more
30 words, damn it. I COUNTED
A contest entry
- 13/30/30 Quickie by Sweet Impatience.
1200 points, ended January 14, 13 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Yep, there she goes again. . .
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the humor within this poem just jumps right off the page and bamn it hit me.. lol I truly loved this poem a lot. your take on the prompt was outstanding.
thank for the explanation below in the comment on who Daphne was, btw after a 3 day vacation in the Florida sun, I think some of my brain shriveled.. lol
good luck
kat
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I couldn't help myself when I saw this.
I know it should be sad and dark, but hey. . .we all find that in something, right?
Love you, and Im sorry you're brain is shrunken
if you shake it around, can you hear it clanging on the sides?
Just kidding.
LOL
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you remember Beetlejuice?? you remember the guy with the shrunken head? do you think that is he shook it around that he could hear anything clanging to the sides huh?? well I must say this in my defense my head does not I repeat does not look like that.. I was only using that as a reference point..
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LOLOLOLOLOLOL
Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice.
Damn it! Nothing Happened
I love that movie!
Havent seen it in ages.
You're too funny Kat. -
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ARE YOU SURE?????? did you say it too fast or too slow.. maybe just maybe you should try it again.. you know what they say.. third time is a charm
lol
omg I just realized where you went astray ... you didn't put it in CAPS... lol
I love that movie more... yep yep I do
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What a fun write
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I don't know who Daphnee is?
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According to Greek myth, Apollo chased the nymph Daphne (Greek: Δάφνη, meaning "laurel"), daughter either of Peneus and Creusa in Thessaly, or of the river Ladon in Arcadia. The pursuit of a local nymph by an Olympian god, part of the archaic adjustment of religious cult in Greece, was given an arch aneccdotal turn in Ovid's Metamorphoses, where the god's infatuation was caused by an arrow from Eros, who wanted to make Apollo pay for making fun of his archery skills and to demonstrate the power of love's arrow.
Daphne prayed for help either to the river god Peneus or to Gaia, and was transformed into a laurel (Laurus nobilis): "a heavy numbness seized her limbs, thin bark closed over her breast, her hair turned into leaves, her arms into branches, her feet so swift a moment ago stuck fast in slow-growing roots, her face was lost in the canopy. Only her shining beauty was left." The laurel became sacred to Apollo, and crowned the victors at the Pythian Games. Most artistic impressions of the myth focus on the moment of transformation.
Courtesy Wikipedia, verbatum.
I should have included this explanation in my AN.
Thanks for the read.
Love,
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Oh, okay, so you weren't talking about the maid from Frazer
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Ha ha...quite a sense of fun in this write.
I really enjoyed the read.
Well done.
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This is a great piece, you have a certain humour to your piece, well done. Best to you in the contest
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love the fun of this... well done!
Ken
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