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political climate

autumn clothes on sale
dressing up scores of scarecrows –
petrification

That seems to be the situation in many countries now, leaders hedging on certain social issues despite the sense of urgency to resolve the problems.

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Prompt: I Write Her Weekly Haiku/Senryu Challenge #32

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Boarded Up

“That’s the meeting place for the most close-minded people in our town,” his grandma replied. “They think they’re solving problems but all they do is talk, blame others and re-direct townsfolk’s attention to unimportant matters, like harmful effects of video games and outsiders arriving at our town.”

“So that’s like a town hall? Is that why we decorate it with flowers?” the boy asked.

“No, that’s probably because Mother Nature can’t stand the thought of our leaders being unable to spell ‘trespassing’ correctly,” his grandma replied. “Let’s go, we actually have important things to do, unlike those jokers in there.”

(100 words)

Keep calm and continue what we are supposed to do.

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Prompt: Friday Fictioneer – 9 AUGUST 2019