GOING.../ Short Story Slam 3

                                      Photo/ Melissa R. Bickel/ Short Story Slam #3


GOING...

They think I won't leave.  That the weather will keep me from leaving.  That I have fear.  That they will prevail.

I'm standing at the window, and not a drop of rain has fallen yet.  The sky has the message.  I will encompass you.  The heavens always have a message.  Sometimes to comfort.  Today, no ray of hope.

A bolt from the mouth of creation says, I will put on a show of force that you haven't yet dreamed of.  Well, I come from a place where a lack of sunlight enters with the day, and dusk is just the time to stoke the coals.

I'll have some soup before I leave, the pot sitting daily at the back of the stove.  I'll add something that was hanging in the cold-room, after I take a bowl, so that they will not suspect a departure.

I'm going.  Not with shoes.  Not with skins for warmth.  When I cut the cord I will go into the world like a babe.  Let them just try to follow.  Let them just try to stop me.


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SINGIN' and DANCIN'/ Poetry Potluck #38

FOR THIS WEEK, Poetry Potluck #38, we are asked to be, "Inspired by a song'.  How nice!

SINGIN' and DANCIN'

My umbrella unfurls,
as a raindrop
grows rapidly into a puddle.

I race to the edge,
plunge right in,
tapping to a Cinemascope melody
that rises to the top
in Technicolor bubbles.

That skip always plunks
Gene Kelly by my side.

My dream, his movie.
I've got the heel
and toe routine
in my heart.
I'm the shadow on his arm,

splish-splashing,
sharing startime,
singin' and dancin'

blissfully,
in the rain.


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MAGPIE/ Prompt #60

                                     photo/ magpie tales/ tess kincaid


Can it be 60 Mags?  Back for more...thanks Tess!!


INFINITE RAIN

Each drop holds a soul.
There I am, infinite rain,
looking just like you.


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CHOCLAT SIN #16

SO MARCH IS FINISHED...that was fast!  Here we had the whole enchilada of weather..snow, a heat wave..yes really!! Into the 70's, I actually peeled off my scarf, gloves, hat, winter bundling..went semi-delirious , flung myself into springtime..really saw an overheated young thing wearing a strapless dress..they do that (the young) because nature calibrates them.  I'm long since on a chillier thermastat, so I can either sneer at her or just be envious.

And then the torrents of rain sloshed the Eastern seaboard, and cars and pups and lawns bobbed along as if they were born to float.  And I decided to not ever go out again, at least until I'd eaten my last strand of pasta and had noticable chocolate withdrawal.  Now, today...brightness sailed in through my window..so we had endured the wettest March EVER!!  Not exactly 40 days and 40 nights, but enough to attract me back to prayer. And now out of chocolate..uh oh..time to venture forth...this is what I'll be preparing, the reward for having survived March!! And it is Wednesday, my chocolate day... because!  So please join me...


CHOCOLATE SOUFFLES/ FUDGE SAUCE

Souffle

cooking spray
1/2 cup plus 2 tbls. sugar, divided
3 tbls. all-purpose flour 
3 tbls. unsweetened cocoa
1/8 tsp. salt
1 1/4 cups fat free milk
3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 large egg yolk
6 egg whites

SAUCE

1 tbls. butter
1/3 cup sugar
2 tbls. unsweetened cocoa
1 tbls. all purpose flour
1/2 cup fat free milk
1/2 ounce bittersweet chocolate, chopped

Preheat oven to 425 deg..  Position oven rack to the lowest position.

For souffles, lightly coat 6 (8 oz.) souffle dishes  with cooking spray.  Sprinkle with 2 tbls. sugar and set aside.

Combine remaining 1/2 cup sugar, 3 tbls. flour, 3 tbls. cocoa, and salt in a med. saucepan over med.-high heat, stirring with a wisk.  Gradually add 1 1/4 cups milk, stirring constantly with wisk.  Bring to a boil.  Cook 2 min. or until slightly thick, stirring constantly.  Remove from heat.  Add 3 oz. chocolate, stir until smooth.  Transfer mixture to a large bowl, cool to room temperature.  Stir in vanilla and egg yolk.

Place egg whites in a large mixing bowl, beat at high speed with a mixer until stiff peaks form.  Gently fold 1/4 of egg whites into chocolate mixture.  Gently fold in remaining egg white mixture.  Tap dishes on counter to level mix.  Place dishes on a baking sheet, place baking sheet on the bottom rack.  Immediately reduce temp. to 350 deg. Bake 40 min. or until a wooden pick inserted in the side of the souffle comes out clean.

To prepare sauce, melt butter in a small saucepan over med. heat.  Add 1/3 cup sugar, 2 tbls. cocoa, and 1 tbls. flour, stir with a wisk.  Gradually add 1/2 cup milk, stirring well, bring to a boil.  Cook 1 min. or until slightly thick, stiring constantly.  Remove from heat.  Add 1/2 ounce chocolate, stirring till smooth.  Serve warm with souffles.


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March...

IF MARCH IS ENTERING LIKE A LION, I'M OPENING the door for it to transform into a lamb...this poem is from my book of poetry, TWO GHOSTS.  I may have posted it before, maybe last year.  I'll have to check that out...

AGAIN

March tosses its lion's mane

every year as the month begins.

The bite of ice, a slice or rain

March tosses its lions mane

as the lamb starts to walk again

Free of death, devoid of sins.

March tosses its lion's mane

every year as the month begins.

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Very Hot Chocolate

I AM SO IN NEED OF COMFORT TODAY. THE WIND IS DRIVING A VERY GREY RAIN against the window pane and even Milo seems to be shrugging his shoulders, asking, what is this, wasn't it just early autumn? Weren't the leaves showing off in multi- colored hues? But an hour ago they were flying across my face, sticking to my umbrella. Why is it suddenly winter..a very real 41 degrees..can't it wait another month? And that guy on TV just said possible snow. Impossible!
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I will resist with the last ounce of my hot chocolate. I will take myself to a new level of pleasure. The only love I need now is a chocolate lovers kind. I'm immersing myself in the most intense, velvety depths I can reach. Want to come along?
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Recipe for 1 for Premium Mocha:
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4 level Tbsp. dark chocolate chips
1-2 oz. espresso
6 oz. of milk
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Add 4 Tbsp. of the chocolate and 6 oz. milk to pitcher and heat gently till steamy hot. Stir and add espresso, pour into a beautiful cup (important). Top with whipped cream and sprinkle with ground chocolate or cocoa powder. If you wish, you can leave out the espresso. And make more than 1 serving. And cover the pitcher to keep it hot. Biscotti is really good with this.
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Mmmmm.