Remember

remember all doors are trap doors, and our fires
should be barely more than sticks. We must remember
remembering is always futuristic.
 *
 from “Post-Apocalyptic” by Stacia M. Fleegal

All doors are trap doors.

Some lead to destinations,

others to other trap doors.

A mind’s cavernous hollow

lets you follow where knowledge

and memory lead. Knowing bears

a confidence to pursue. Memory

plays in a constant loop

revisiting that which we have left

behind or forgotten. Yet, ignoring

the past becomes a destiny to repeat it;

a step forward from where recollection

is buried. Step away from the past,

remembering is always futuristic.

**

 As presented at "Quickly's Winter Doldrums" - Jan. 24, 2016

Questions and Answers

Miz Quickly may scoff, but deep within her thumpy heart she does believe in fortune tellers, seers, and oracles. She knows for a fact that if you hold your mouth right when you ask your question, Tarot and the Book of Changes have your answer.
Today we’re playing Fun With Oracles.

First (Do NOT skip this. Seriously. Don’t.)

Make a list of questions. Five, ten, twenty (but don’t go overboard–this IS only step One). What should you ask? That’s up to you. Do you really want to know the meaning of life? What happened to that earring? Should you buy a new car. What color to paint the kitchen? Was Sara Palin drunk?

Second

Choose one.

Third

(Optional) Write it out by hand, in big block letters

Fourth

Concentrate on your question. (Screw up your face and THINK.)

Fifth

Press the button below, and when you reach the destination, follow the directions.
Write down your answer.
Repeat as necessary.

Sixth

Use what you’ve found, or what you’ve learned–or what you haven’t found or learned–and write a poem.

*CLICK*