Friday Flash 55 — Amado

Maybe a little grace will pass my lips by Paul Armstrong



Around the time Amado learned to spell his Latin name (meaning “loving deity”),
his capacity to love anything was shed along with remaining baby fat.

Now he collected some desired temptations, including booze from his parents’
collection. Like Proust, he padded his walls and windows for isolation and, in his
case, to cushion the blow.

Written for Friday Flash 55 - My post in exactly 55 words - for the G-Man. 

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a Triolet for dVerse Poets, The Mag, and FF55

Image by Sarolta Bán

Substance and sum

In worn clothes from his former life
he looked like a nouveau street bum.
The poster looked like his ex-wife.

In worn clothes from his former life
he recalled their love and their strife--
then gulped three swigs of cheap rum.

In worn clothes from his former life
he looked like a nouveau street bum. 

                                             MLydiaM ~ March 2012 

• Visit The Mag to read other Mag 107s inspired by the photo prompt above.

• Visit dVerse Poets Pub FormForAll, where Samuel Peralta's beautiful prompt inspires us to compose a Triolet  (please click link for description and information, along with links to other Triolets).

• Visit Mr. KnowItAll, the G-Man, for links to more weekly FF55s (works of fiction in 55 words).

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