#vss365 #FamilyTradition 

My crazy old grandfather would always begin Thanksgiving dinners with,

“Let the feasting #commence!
Firstly, let us eat lettuce!“

It always got a laugh.

"Hatson, our picnic basket has disappeared"

"Where was Geriarty?"

"Found nearby"

"What's his excuse, Sholmes?"

"He wanted to #commence a field investigation"

"Did he find anything?"

"Yes.Sandwiches"

"Case solved"

"Not quite,Hatson. He's investigating the cake"
#vss365

#Commence comes to thresholds and hinges,
With a soft authority that never
fringes.
She's friend to the terrified and
intriguer,
a gentle conductor for timid and eager,
she opens the door and leaves 
hope on its hinges.

#vss365

Anticipation binds us:
the cat crying for
dinner to #commence;
the cracked riverbed
awaiting summer rain.

A moment
fulfilled
complete
unbroken.

Then
empty
we begin again.

#vss365

Crow,
He doesn't
Doesn't revel
In myself
Delving into
His Welsh
Medieval past

He got
The note
From the
Rookery on
The Woodchurch
Bypass,

Insisting in
Commencing
The patient
Stand off.
#vss365 #commence
Imagine from Country way and Country days

It is time, #commence
treating eachother good
like the old times
when there was fear of God
it's not a big deal now
to make it apply to everyone
with all the collective knowledge
when education
was abundant and universal
time to do it
You, who were deemed worthy
of Sunday morning cartoons

#vss365

I took up
creation
in my hands

and wrestled
with the land
and wrestled
with the sea

and shaped a world
in an image of beauty
untouched

and I wrestled
with myself
tearing parts

to fill the land
with cursed man
little me-s
with cursed destinies
to despoil beauty

as I always do

#commence #vss365

"Commence work," the AI collar orders. I sit up straight and start my day.

"Coffee first," mutters Bob, one cube over.

I stop. Tap my collar. "Cube 332 lacks team spirit."

"Thank you for reporting."

I smile a little.

"Resume work or electric shock will #commence."

#vss365

#vss365 #poetry #prompt #commence

I do not know
when the final act
of this interminable tragedy
will finally #commence
but I do know
before it mercifully ends
I am going to migrate
toward the exit
for a quick getaway
from this life sentence

#FromOneLine #vss365 #poetry #poem #amwriting

the pendulum
on the grandfather clock
should sway in
time's perceived
regular rhythms

but if it stops

if it is repaired

does it really
#commence again
or merely resume
a lost
exchange with time

#vss365 #tanka #poetry

Free yourself from the shackles of time
Just a race to the grave
#Commence the countdown
Three
Two
One
Are you ready for your life to begin?
#vss365 #poem #poetry

The ritual would #commence at the equinox and Hicks could hardly wait. The sheriff had robbed him of all he held dear, and the dark gods promised Hicks retribution. The cost hardly mattered. He hadn't used his soul since he held Lucy dying in his arms. #vss365 #flashfiction #booksky

Three #knocks, every time. The number never #fluctuates.

One, at the gate.

Nobody there, of course. Just your imagination.

Two, at the door.

A stranger, all in shadows. Blink, and he's gone.

The third comes from the inside.

And then the games #commence.

#vssdaily #Inkmine #vss365

As the
Seasons
Evolved
In the garden
Of Eden

Swirling
The oceans
And
Adam and Eve's
Waterfall below

Return
Earth;
He felt
Her nature
Keep changing

He was
Soaked
In her roots
He could
No longer
Untangle their
Entwined Lines

Commence,
The fight
For faith to
Stay alive
#vss365 #commence

That happy time of evening. Coffee made and tine to relax . #vss365 #haiku

Uncontained allure
Bodies drawn with magnetism
#commence fulfillment

Fuse be lit, a wee 48 days!
I beseech ye of moderate plays:
Thise midterms soon #commence!
Get thine arse off the fence!
Put the torch to theirn foul fascist ways!

#vss365 #poetry #limerick #limericks #resist