Glad you're enjoying it, creatr - it's a little unorthodox and gets misshapen travelling through my mind - but it's meant to approximate the confusion such an event would engender and I just turn loose

I could use one if I don't have to spell his/her name - I had one for A Familiar Rain - yeah, now I'm on my own :)

Thanks, creatr - hate those kind of typos - I need an editor, simply because my typing is sloppy - should have taken a keyboarding course in high school but I was in academic stream and it wasn't an option.

Thank you!

Thank you, Felix - much appreciated!

Thank you!

BTW, thank you for re-blogging the story - I just noticed when i checked out your site. Much appreciated.

Thanks, @wandrnrose, so true. Darkness at Noon and 1984 no longer seem dystopian fantasies but breaking news in our present reality. Thanks for commenting.

Ouch! that would hurt diving for a ball and hitting face first into sod. It only took me a month for all the bruising and swelling to go down, lol.

Thank you so much!

You're very welcome, my friend - I should have known you'd still surf and invent - the only thing I cut back on was jogging on pavement (Abbey, my dog. cut in front of me and I did a face plant on the

Interesting to know you've retired, How's that 'working' for you?! Yeah, I know...childish. Actually, I met a teacher the other day who asked me to speak to her grade six class and I got excited. You can

Okay...okay, still making dumb technical errors - I deleted the repetition, lol - I didn't think it posted so I did it again...sigh

BTW, I read it and commented, I'm in media res now but will say more later :)

I like it, Creatr, because it's not didactic but emotionally real. To me that's the essence of poetry, even cerebral poets like TSEliot who like to think as much as they feel, they all know it eventually

Hi Creatr! So glad to hear from you. Yes, I've persevered with Hive and am happy I did - the only thing I miss is the vibrant community we used to enjoy only a few short years ago. Hopefully, the witnesses

Thanks so much :)

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thanks!