They called it loitering
But reconnoitering was I
Gathering intelligence
Either way, it was a ploy
For me to be watching
You in your element
It’s innocent I swore
But I understand the charge
As I just wore underwear

#vss365 #reconnoiter #prompt #writingcommunity

Our guide calls us into a meeting.

“These caves are unexplored by our people. We need to #reconnoiter the tunnels ahead. A few of us will suffice. The rest can remain here and rest.”

“No. I do not want the team to separate. Bad things tend to happen when we split up.”

#vss365

I kissed you once at private school
Your lips were sweet as strudel
We planned to #reconnoiter there
And have a good canoodle

I waited 'neath the bleachers
But you sadly did not show
I heard you kissed my friend instead
I hope I'll never know
#vss365

#vss365 #fiction

We met in between words
Freshly inked
On a crispy li(f)e
You smiled and talked
All gin and smoke
I heard in me
All made up prose
We said our goodbyes
Loathing to end the night
Promising to #reconnoiter
In our dreams...
Cross our heart..!

A work buddy was blowing his nose all the time so I brought him that magic white powder to make him feel better, Vitamin C!
He didn't find my humor entertaining but he kept the drink mix & then the COVID lockdowns started so I had to #reconnoiter job options in the new professional landscape
#vss365

yo
the problem
is so fuckin obvious

these days
we're all noiter
no recon

think
before you
speak
before you
act
before you
post
before you
judge

think
before

not after

the bag of regret
fatter than Santa's sack

just don't make
thoughtless fuckin mistakes
in the first place
#reconnoiter #vss365

So much hope over the artificial heaven.
Too much. It remained untested.
More than half of the volunteers we sent in to #reconnoiter the gateway didn’t come back.
Volunteers became conscripts. The singularity collected countless souls.
Not, I pray, in a programmed hell.
#vss365

It’s tradition on holiday for Jon to head out to #reconnoiter or “recce” the area while his wife unpacks.

Really he has a pint in the local pub, usually full of men doing the same.

“Wonder why that pub’s called The Recce?” says his wife now.

He blinks. “No idea love!” #vss365

#vss365 #reconnoiter

Careful answering their questions
Take caution filling out their forms
There are data brokers employing social norms
Get you chatting about your products
Cajole you into sharing your ideas
Sent to reconnoiter with the artists
Lacking any ideals

They set out for a walk to reconnoiter the new trail, but her shadow is always one step ahead.

#vss365 #reconnoiter

Loves to loiter
To #reconnoiter
Sees what others
Don’t see

Forget flock cameras
We need writers
Who pull the curtain back
On the mystery

And share the truths
With you
And with me

#vss365

They took the time to #reconnoiter the museum. They bought floor plans and guidebooks. As visitors, they prowled the halls, noted entrances and exits, and the location of security cameras.

The heist of the century was well underway and they could not fail.

#vss365 #writing #writingcommunity

#vss365 #reconnoiter

two cadets at the finishing school ball
much on their dignity, staring around

'they're reconnoitering! isn't that cute?'
debs giggle

two walk over to them
skirts aswish
'care to join us for punch, boys?'

'outflanked!' says one
and faints

#vss365 #reconnoiter

Years ago I ate at La Guillotine
A French restaurant in Adelaide
Three frog legs on white plate was a course
Absurd food to remind us
France used cutting language to free themselves
France helped the US to freedom
France helps Ukraine too
While the UK ate words like reconnoitre

Checking
All the closets
In an effort
To locate
Someone more
Substantial

Reconnoitering
The dark places

Wonder if perhaps
There is no face
behind the facade
But rather just
Another mask

Painted personality
Wearing yesterday's
Winter coat

#poetry
#writing
#reconnoiter

‘You take lots of precautions.’

‘I’ve learned to be careful with online dating. I like to #reconnoiter the situation to be sure everything checks out.’

‘I get it. There’s lots of scammers around.’

‘Glad you understand. Now, first question, do you think the lie detector test is overkill?’

#vss365

#vss365
#reconnoiter

He belly crawled around and under obstructions
Reconnoiter without taking down constructions
He only wanted to play
But kids wouldn’t let him stay
So with their game pieces he pulls off abductions