I stare at the paper wondering whether I should read which protests have erupted,
who has married or divorced who, which stocks look promising,
what's up with inflation or have our soldiers come home?
Global warming, which natural calamity has hit
which unfortunate country.... I better jump
to the puzzle page. Perhaps it would
sweeten my black coffee. I wait
for the call or not at all.
Meanwhile, I'd
rather you -
Call when
table is ready
or the heart beat is steady
Call when
I got the job
or the story is not a sob
Call when
the baby has arrived
or the crash victim has survived
Call when
Mom and Dad are celebrating
their golden anniversary
and everyone is raving
about what a successful relationship
should be
Call when
the dispute is over
and moods are sober
Call when
flowers are blooming
music is playing
birds are singing
and everyone is
peacefully co-existing.
The Call on Sunday Scribblings
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36 comments:
This almost felt like an answer and call dialogue..loved it..crisp and clever writing..Jae
Wonderful response to the prompt.
I love it. Hope spring eternal.
Positive and uplifting, thank you.
Loved it...
jumpstart
Yes.
Call when this works! :D
Definitely the best time to call.
Brilliant! Loved everything about it especially the shape!
Ah, dear Hazel, you are waiting for a perfect world.
For your sake and mine, I wish for this perfect world to become reality.
Let's keep our fingers crossed.
Yes! Wonderfully written.
Indeed. Enough with the downers. Terrific write. : )
nice composition! i like it!
JJRod'z
Oh for a piece of good news. I know how you feel.
EXACTLY - I love every bit of the sentiment of this piece.
I so enjoyed this piece. I loathe what newspapers have become, sensations, celebrities and stupid plays on words.
Thanks for your visit to "Ahuahu and Hatiti." "Hinewai" is a silly flirtatious teenager who has caused trouble before. With her elder sister Hatiti dead she may have been betrothed instead as a replacement, to the relief of everyone, and her own delight.
Nice write...thought provoking...
Oh yes, call only with the good news.
@christopher, yes. you could be waiting forever for the call :D
@old egg, thanks for explaining. it sounds like an adorable story.
@Friko, actually I'm not. It's just me wanting the fairytale ending to every story, but I do know that is not always the case. I just thought it wouldn't hurt to weave a little dream while still being in touch with reality.
Beautiful...love how the tempo changes.
Definitely the best times to call. an excellent message in this.
I like the part at the beginning on newspapers!! Some very excellent calls!!
why is the news so grisly? why the happy stories so banal?
great response to the prompt
Oh, wow,I'm with you. Let me hear the good, too. Great work.
love the shape of this post and the message....well done!
Always, there is a glimmer of hope in the dreams of every man, yet our journalists lack in the finding.
We actually had that glimmer here when a lost soul was found by his devoted family, car wreck down a deep ravine, though it was tinted by the loss of another about a week before. Still he held on in the hopes of being found and was. Was uplifting to see his story in the news.
i wonder if the phone would ever ring? smiles. nicely penned....
I'm kind of hearing it to The Spinners singing "I'll Be Around" :-)
Life is full of choices....love the truth you captured with the prompt! :-)
Wonderful - fantastic Magpie...
Ring ....... ring ........
I'm picking up. See...
I agree! Call with the upbeat news. We are constantly bombarded with negativity.
This has to be the top of the Magpie class this week:) Thanks!
A day of purely good news would be joyously refreshing.
Anna :o]
what a great piece !
we don't ever get enough good news.
This reads like so many small stories woven into one! Brilliantly written...
Cheers,
Arnab Majumdar on SribbleFest.com
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