Another transport attacked. Late to the party again, even with Able’s near-miraculous flight calculations.

There was no miracle for the casualties, though. No #elixir that could save them from the point of death, only long hours in surgery in a minimally stocked med-bay ahead for them.

#vss365

Rory spammed the invisibility #elixir. Esme didn’t have any stealth skills to speak of, and that ten seconds of invisibility went a long way. well, for a few feet, at least, until he could have her leap into a convenient basket or packing crate.

Some quests were just made for a witch.

#vss365

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism #mentalhealth ‪ #WritersOfBluesky

I drank you in, your technicolour glory
I sipped to find your smile
and hoped your #elixir would be
my soothing balm, as your voice
was my beacon home.
Each touch bristled my skin.
I drank you in.
And was lost as the bottle dried away.

poetry and prose can be an #elixir,
providing needed respite for both
reader and writer

are writers magicians?

they can be, sometimes

#vss365 #Writing #Writers #Poetry #Poets #Magic

#vss365 #PulpFiction

I drag myself through another
busted night. Nerves buzzing
like bad neon.

A bottle waits, patient. It’s my
magic #elixir, the only fucking
trick I ever learned.

#vss365

The Intrusion

The tar pit holds
a mammoth's rib,
​black tooth
under tongue.

​The soil
sweats
​a heavy boned elixir,
​history's marrow
leaking
bone
by
bone
by
bone
by bone.

#elixir
#poetrycommunity
#writerscommunity
#writingcommunity

You've had the elixir long enough to spill a bit, long enough for some to have evaporated.
Is there still enough to transform? you wonder.
The transformation's supposed to be permanent. You can hardly think clearly over thumps outside your chest: jackhammers, lookmaxxing, e-drinking.
#elixir #vss365

#vss365 #elixir

Have you had addictions?
They can sneak up on you
That wanting a nice feeling
Turns to need and craving
I've had several addictions
Smoking
Drinking
Working
Gambling
Gaming
I tried speed once
And dope a few
But I never caught the magic fever
Drinking was worst or best
My buzz elixir

#vss365 #elixir

An hour later, I had to pull over. It was raining hard; but it was tears that blurred my sight.

I threw the car into a space outside a roadside pub. Inside, I ordered double after double. "That's not the elixir of life, sir," said the barman. "I'm going to take your keys."

I've been
working
on an
#elixir
I said
to Madge
my latest
oh
she said
well
you know
how I got
a B
in Chemistry
oh yes
she said
this
elixir turns
everything
into stone
oh
she said
and
well
if I can figure
out
how to turn
things
into gold
we'll be rich
oh
she said
how long
not sure
#vss365

Why's 'er smile sah brigh?
'E doesn' giv 'er an #elixir, sir.
'E licks 'er

#vss365 (apologies)

She found the #elixir that her pharmaceutical company had been hiding. The senior executives knew it was more profitable to sell medicines than to sell the cure. She published the ingredients for the elixir online and gave out free bottles. The company fired her but the world praised her.

#vss365

"Sholmes, this bottle is labelled #elixir"

"Smell it, Hatson"

"Rose water"

"Precisely"

"Why would the guru fake it?"

"To make us chase the wrong scent"

"You mean Geriarty?"

"Of course, Hatson. He even smells suspicious"
#vss365