Friends with cameras in hand gleefully hid behind shrubbery and trees to record the proposal happening at the beach. I do not know the couple and simply stumbled upon the momentous event, though I wished them well on their journey together. The scene full of hope was ideal inspiration for the “tell us something good” prompt from
Poets and Storytellers United, resulting in a few words by me, aka Penelope.
As I walked further along, I saw a couple of crows scouring for food. These creatures are known for being family oriented and quite chatty, although their cawing "tweets" can be unpleasant to the human ear and their faces appear quite angry. But who can say if in their world, these two are the romance of the season like
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. We share the same Earth with all creatures but live on different planets.
In my world right now, the sky is a dusky smudge as I scan for rain clouds ...
and, in his world, the beagle sniffs for love notes written in the dusty sand.
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Poets and Storytellers United,
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Saturday's Critters.
