1281 - Point of Order...

Corporate meetings-
Where you stop doing your work...
To be given more.

Self-important folk
Haggling over minor points-
Boring as all..um...

So why am I here?
Another meeting next month.
Perhaps ring in sick...
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1280 - Lab Tests

Annual blood test.
Apparently I'm normal—
Whatever that means.
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1279 - Open Wider

Dental appointment.
Mouth full of hands and scrap iron.
No conversation.
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1278 - Hello? Operator?

A new phone system!
No-one knows how to use it—
What could be better?
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1277 - Heel and Toe.

A country bush dance.
Not a bone in my body
Wants to be out there.
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1276 - Over Seasoned

Setting the log fire.
It seems to be quite strange—
It is still summer.
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1275 - Memories

My dad's bread.
The power of taste and smell—
Brings back memories.
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1274 - Bread shop

The local bread shop.
Young girl behind the counter—
Red hair and freckles.
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1273 - Immature

Our CEO mocks.
Is he socially inept?
Or just ignorant?
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1272 - Why do fasts go slowly?

The fasting blood test:
No breakfast and no coffee!
I guess it's worth it.
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1271 - Waiting

Doctor's surgeries.
Places of concern and hope.
Anxious expressions.
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1270 - Rain

True, we needed rain.
More than average is good—
But why all at once?
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1269 - Training

Training competency—
Wind them up and set them free!
Duracell bunnies.
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1268 - No Agenda?

Impromptu meeting—
No idea what to expect.
So, what could go wrong?
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1267 - Zig Zag

Zig-zagging drivers,
In and out of traffic.
Must win at all costs.
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1266 - Cut Grass

The smell of cut grass.
It makes me think of one thing—
A post-cutting beer.
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1265 - Meat Puppets

We are meat puppets
Others will pull at your strings:
Dance to your own tune.
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1264 - Pigeons

Why are there pigeons?
A reasonable question:
Scatterbrained critturs.
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1263 - Coffee

The second coffee.
It's no match for the first
But you taste it more.
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1262 - Drizzle

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A day of drizzle
A damp blanket on the plants.
The grass goes berserk.
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1261 - What? No smoking jacket?

An old tradition— **
Stilton, port and some walnuts.
Cliched but yummy.
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** Is there any other kind?

1260 - Rain, damn you!

Thunder and lightning.
Not much rain to show for it.
All bark and no bite.
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1259 - Things that platter

A mixed cheese platter,
There’s some wine to go with it.
Life is pretty good.
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1258 - Hide & Seek

Looking for my Self.
Have not managed to find it.
Perhaps it’s not there.
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1257 - Valentine

St Valentines Day!

A higher significance—

It’s the half year mark.

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(Coincidentally, it's our half-anniversary.)

1256 - Things that go pop!

Balloons have their place—
Parties, fairs and sausage dogs,
Not aneurisms.
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1255 - Improved with age.

Eating leftovers.
There is something about them—
They taste really good.
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1254 - Pass the blotter.

An old fountain pen!
The lost are of handwriting—
A little wobbly.
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1253 - Button pushing.

Pushing hot buttons.
Seeing how far they can go.
A common pastime.

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A great place to start:
The family gathering.
And not just Xmas.
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1252 - Crossed off.

The "things to do" list.
Always seems to increase.
Removals are great!
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1251 - Advance payment.

Anticipation.
Events being pre-worried—
But didn't happen.
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1250 - Retreat to the study.

Two Grannies boasting:
"That's nothing, mine did this!"
Best to sit elsewhere.
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1249 - Haircut

Time for a haircut.
Can you make me beautiful?
No.  But it feels good.
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1248 - Hello?

Seldom in the loop,
Usually the last to know.
Just a fringe dweller.

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No-one says ‘hello’…
Am I invisible now?
Perhaps I have died.
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1247 - Once more.

Planning of my day—
Pretty much like yesterday.
That's not a bad thing.
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1246 - Birthday Blues

Sick on her birthday!
Painkillers as a present.
How unfair is that?
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1245 - Plans, sort of.

The start of the day—
I had all the best laid plans.
Gods spat in my soup.
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1244 - Da-da da-da da...

The call is on hold,
And on hold, and…still on hold.
Plinky plunk music.
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1243 - Free Lunch

A free pizza lunch!
Largesse with a crispy crust.
The sandwich will keep.
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1242 - Princess

She's the favoured one.
He just tags along behind—
Even though he's older.
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1241 - Sleepover

Her first sleepover.
Adults do somersaults.
Absolute control.
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1240 - Weekend

The weekend arrives.
Different to the weekdays
But not greatly so.
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1239 - Harsh

Harsh words, said roughly.
Don't agree with the content
But hard to let go.
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