1503 - The Law of Scarcity

All of a sudden—
Bam! I am now a resource.
Retrenchments do that.
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1502 - Four Stomach Brain

The mind is a cow.
It takes in the verbal chaff
And then ruminates.
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1501 - Music Lessons

A midnight magpie—
Same song, over and over.
Practicing its chords.
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1500 - Spoiled for choice.

What to eat tonight?
There is so much to choose from.
A first world problem.
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1499 - What's three years in chook years?

Three years with the chooks.
Gave them some chocolate cake—
Will I get choc eggs?
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1498 - In a fog

Mandatory masks
And the fogging  of glasses—
A sign of the times.
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1497 - Too much water

Called out a plumber—
Water seeping from the ground.
Could be expensive.
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1496 - Wants & Needs

Sign of happiness:
There is so much stuff to want
But I have enough.
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1495 - But boring.

If all were like me
And if all did what I do—
I would be normal!
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1494 - Normal(ish)

A winter weekend.
Just doing the normal things.
My kind of normal.
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1493 - Exit Rat

Came to visit chooks.
Was not a good career move.
Adieu Mister Rat.
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1492 - Did not connect...

Isolated life.
The electronic network
Is a lifeless thing.
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1491 - Cast in Hope

I put it out there
But see nothing in return.
A pearl before swine?
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1490 - Bastille Day

It is Bastille Day!
Forgot to order croissants.
Oh well, c'est la vie.
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1489 - Lockdown Haircut

Secateurs and saw.
Gave the garden a haircut.
Rather severe one.
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1488 - Treadmill

I am still working.
I guess it is a good thing—
Deferred freedom.
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1487 - Not on the news.

Daily gratitudes.
Focus the mind on the good.
Start the day with love.
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1486 - The Savannah Mind

The familiar—
It gives us inner comfort.
A blanket of...what?
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1485 - Death Wish

It is full of lies.
So why do we watch the news?
Negative bias.
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1484 - Masked Stranger

I now have a mask!
A sweet home-made fabric one
With pretty patterns.
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1483 - Hate your work.

Talkback radio—
A machine spewing venom;
Makes money from hate.
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1482 - Meek Chorus

Talkback radio.
Telling people what to think.
Confected anger.
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1481 - But wait, there's more.

Another week in —
The COVID 19 era.
Where is the exit?
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1480 - Unnecessary Sarcasm

A spiky response.
The question was vanilla
But filtered through stress.
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1479 - Bugger!

COVID cases up.
The government had to act.
Back into lockdown.
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1478 - Mille Feuille Lasagne

The third son's birthday.
Made his favourite pasta.
It's a tradition.
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1477 - Solar Keratosis

Liquid nitrogen—
Zapping the odd skin thingo.
Too much sun when young.
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1476 - Check your facts!

"We demand to know
Why your results don't match up!"

◊

They're not our results.

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1475 - July Fourth

The Fourth of July.
Watch the stage show "Hamilton";
Cornbread & Pulled Pork.
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1474 - Doesn't seem right!

At work on Friday!
This is most unusual
In these COVID times.
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1472 - Welsh Puttanesca

Annual dinner—
Need something fitting:
Harlot's spaghetti.
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1473 - Being rubbed the right way.

Relaxing massage.
It's a sensual reward
For past rough treatment.
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1471 - Not me, thankfully.

HR double speak—
A "Career Transition",
Seven jobs to go.
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1470 - The ATO is watching...

Financial Year end.
Time to balance the books.
Non-fiction is best.
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