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As good as, By Jiminy . C, Celestial machinery - move through your commands Goddesses of mystery so delicate and so grand, come turn me on now Turn your lamps down low now, Dolly mixture, F (oiled again!), goes like clockwork, Got a feeling something's taken hold 'Cause I'm flying by remote control No misunderstanding Before I make a landing I'll lose my mind and I'll trade my soul, Hey big spender, Hey doll, I feel the room swayin' While the band's playin', lubricous lube, Oiled up, Perquisitor Visitor, potential 101 that sits here instead, proper wind up, That is why she satisfies my soul, virtually perfect
This could have been another 101 story. But I want to post it here, and also I wanted more words than 101 – falls about – nine dots of doom (no less!), and they tip the whole shebang over the 101 cliff edge, weighing it in at a hefty 116. It’s still very short and I did have a 101 version, but it just wasn’t as good as this one ultimately, (to mine eyes), however, tis but a mere trifle (no dairy).)
Good Time Merchant
Shattered, finally home, I enter the bedroom; she raises her head; long copper curls falling over bare shoulders.
Mesmerising.
“Miss me doll?”
“Joe, you’re all I live for, where have you been? You never say.”
We fall into a tight embrace; I whisper a thousand counterfeit promises into her perfect ear;
She sighs. “One day I’ll be a rea . . . ”
Silence.
She’s gone again.
I put one hand over her mouth, slip the other up the back of her dress, and slide the key into her oiled lock, turning, clicking steadily . . .
“ . . . I-I-I, Oh Joe, really you wind me up, but know just what makes me tick!”
What an interesting twist! (Pun intended!) Never saw that one coming! 😉 Oh well. Pardon my naivete! 🙂
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Ha. Yes, well you have to have a twist with a 101 (ish) story really, or it’s a bit dull I find. Tricky to fit a feasible story into such a small package, it’s a good exercise and one I genuinely dislike doing, therefore I should probably keep at it. Hahahahaha.
-Esme thanking JC kindly upon the Cloud
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Simply divine, Ms. Esme, divine. Now I mus depart and listen to Dresden Dolls Coin Operated Boy. 😀
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curtsies low with a clicking sound – Thank you Robert, divine is just . . . divine! And that song and video is so good I’m adding it right here. Clever linkage on your part Robert – winks and shakes his hand.
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Amanda and Brian make a great team. Their Sydney concert vid is superb ( if you can find it) and the Coney Island concert (YouTube for certain) is worth the two hours. Not many musicians l’ll spend two hours on YouTube. 🎹🎵🎸🔊
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I shall look it up. Thank you Robert.
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That’s worse than mine. You have officially lost your right to mock any of my puns 😉 xxx
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Well thank you very much I’m sure! Hahahahaha. You only do dad puns, I have a broader repertoire, and a (mostly) rather discerning audience I shall have you know.
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I’m not in this one. How am I not in this one?
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Hahahahaha. You are dear, you’ve been stealing pie from their window sill whilst they canoodle all oily-like.
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There are so many marvelously interesting thinks and things on the Cloud, esme — I’ve just counted them: there are 10,000 thinks and things (such as coins). It is a joy to participate in each gamelet and adventurelet — this one piqued the Hades out of me because you’ve compacted all into short space. 🙂
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You’re so kind Bill, it makes me very happy to know people find the Cloud and Esme as entertaining as you say, a joy no less – beams broadly and bows
‘adventurelet‘ – great word – pockets it
Thank you for your words, and also for all that counting!
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Brilliant! And I love the ending. I didn’t know you did funny? Read and learn. 🙂
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Thank you! And, well, I may have done a teeny wee bit of comedy…laughs a lot. I posted the first example below last week! Hahahaha. It’s very hit and miss when following blogs because its impossible to read everything every time, or every other time for that matter, and so perfectly feasible that you have only caught the epic tragedy side of Esme –
waves cheerfully with soulless eyes
https://sonmicloud.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/judge-groody-slimedem-of-the-skies/
The second is another 101 words story that I submitted and was published on the official site- breathes on her fingernails and then buffs them on her sleeve looking like the Queen of Sheba briefly
https://101words.org/giant-steps/
This one is the Cloud Christmas Pantomime, which featured a selection of my poor followers in various states of happy idiocy, hahahaha. You’ll be familiar with many of the victims.
https://sonmicloud.wordpress.com/2015/12/21/the-cloud-nativity-christmas-carol-pantomime-2015-the-dress-rehearsal/
And this is ‘The Cloudies’ – which is Esme’s version of the Oscars (it’s much sillier and therefore better). I seem to end up doing pieces like this around Christmas, if the idea pops up, and so watch out, you’ll be include in the shenanigans now! – falls about
https://sonmicloud.wordpress.com/2015/01/18/the-cloudies-2014-2015/
Then poetry here;
https://sonmicloud.wordpress.com/2015/07/07/hors-doeuvres/
https://sonmicloud.wordpress.com/2015/05/10/the-idiom-meridian/
https://sonmicloud.wordpress.com/2016/10/19/these-are-a-few-of-the-gifts-esme-brings/
I’ll leave it at that for fear of over-linking myself and ending up in chains. – nods
I’ll double thank you because apart from enjoying my minature story above, you have had me go back and read some of my comedy moments and I really enjoyed myself! Hahahaha.
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-giggles- You really do do funny! I’ve been sitting here laughing for the last ten minutes. Bravo Esme-pon-cloud. I like the way you think. 😀
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Thank you Meeka,’tis a pleasure to hear that – hugs her – I’m available for weddings, funerals and Bar Mitzvahs and can also play the spoons whilst humming “If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked A Cake”.
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Right. I’ll definitely keep that in mind…:)
-sticks fingers in ears and hope Esme doesn’t ride off the cloud-
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This will happen.
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You know too much.
Esme stealing some of the pie herself and shoving it in the President and Founder’s gob (purely to save washing the dishes of course) upon the Cloud
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You really Are into steampunk! What queer images this evokes. Fun romp. No dairy? More like no quarter! 😀 xoxo
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I am quite a bit yes. laughs – ‘Fun romp’ – very nice, thank you for that Bela – pockets it in her clockwork purse
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Hooo, another good’un Esme! 🙂
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Thank you kindly Fears! – beams
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A funny, twisted, lubricating Esme. I write epitaphs–only occasionally undertaking time travel experiments–for a living and this one fits you to a ticktock.
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I think it probably does yes! Hahahahaha. I shall have you as my official eitapher (troposphere word) Prospero, when the time comes in a few hundred years or so. Some things are worth waiting for – nods – Thank you for reading this dear Wiz, most appreciated.
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