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Fliddais @fliddais.bsky.social

The children of the corn Now considered elderly They sit around complaining Things aren’t how they used to be No one comes to visit Their scythes have all gone dull Eating pudding in their wheelchairs No young tourists left to cull #wildwalkprompt #corn #poetry

aug 26, 2025, 7:42 pm • 14 1

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social

🥔🥔🥔 Or should that be 🌽🌽🌽? Either way great writing!

aug 26, 2025, 11:23 pm • 1 0 • view
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Fliddais @fliddais.bsky.social

Thank you my friend. I accept the potatoes but question the 3 corn😂

aug 26, 2025, 11:25 pm • 1 0 • view
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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social

Well... Potatoes don't grow on trees you know... ... (Not that corn does either.... I was going to say potatoes don't grow in fields, but then remembered they did 😅... perhaps I should go to bed...)

aug 26, 2025, 11:35 pm • 2 0 • view
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Fliddais @fliddais.bsky.social

Nothing scary has ever happened in a potato field though. Well, not that I know of…

aug 26, 2025, 11:39 pm • 1 0 • view
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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social

You can't hide in a potato..... Unless you're a worm... But they prefer apples Or so I've heard...

aug 26, 2025, 11:49 pm • 1 0 • view
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Fliddais @fliddais.bsky.social

But you can mash a potato Unless you’re a worm… They have no hands Now it’s your turn

aug 26, 2025, 11:52 pm • 1 0 • view
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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social

Potatoes don't have hands either.... Unless you leave them out in the sun too long And then they sprout..... Oh wait that's eyes..... 🤦‍♂️

aug 26, 2025, 11:55 pm • 1 0 • view
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Fliddais @fliddais.bsky.social

😂

aug 26, 2025, 11:56 pm • 1 0 • view
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Grandma Allie/drmaki @grandmaallie.bsky.social

Love the poem!!!🤣🤣

aug 26, 2025, 7:50 pm • 1 0 • view
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Fliddais @fliddais.bsky.social

Thank you. First thing that came to mind with corn😂

aug 26, 2025, 7:53 pm • 1 0 • view
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Ann Tigone @anntigone.bsky.social

🤣❤️

aug 27, 2025, 11:11 am • 1 0 • view