Stand By

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My least favorite tasks --
dusting, sweeping, tidying and,
ugh, bathroom cleanup!

My favorite playlist for 
my least favorite tasks? Tammy
Wynette, reminding me to

Stand by My Man, lest there be
a D-I-V-O-R-C-E. That voice, that
energy, those lyrics made me feel

like the happy little housewife that
I never was; I was Almost Persuaded
but only in My Elusive Dreams.

This draft was written in response to the 11/12/22 prompt from Miz Quickly.




6 thoughts on “Stand By

  1. At least we don’t have to take our laundry down to the creek, slap it against a rock, and then spread it across a bush to air-dry. (humming Always look on the bright side of life…)

  2. Ear worms are less painfull than choices that might bring us more regrets and baggage than we can handle.

    You took a different direction and made it work with ease!

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