when you said all men are bad

did you think that, maybe

you always picked bad men

scumbags, losers, creeps

guys you thought you could change

with your unrealized superpowers

but when you met that smart guy

who liked movies, who talked about them

who didn't need any changing

you didn't like him at all

and when you said a man's thing looks terrible

did you think that, maybe

you didn't need to say that to me

and when i was 15 and dropped out

and you said you wished i'd just

find a girl and settle down

did you think that, maybe...

oh mom, when you said these things

to me, your son

when i was just a kid

what the fuck were you thinking

Our eleventh show on Prose. Radio was spawned by the music of Buckley, but, it was led on from TheWolfeDen's Challenge, then into a touch of hellfire and something waiting to, well, shine, in his own way...

Hear the two pieces here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHhGGEz8eC4&t=62s

Let's get this week to the weekend, where a stiff drink awaits...

And.

As always...

Thank you for being here.

-The Prose. team

In our tenth broadcast on Prose. Radio, we dive into forms colliding to form a formidable form from the form formidable first. Thank the coffee for that one. But, on the show, Last leads first, and then a doctor of an exact mark of punctuation closes the broadcast with a piece leaving you lighter, yet heavier. You'll have to hear it.

Always loved sound influencing the page, or maybe just moving it along differently.

Here's the link to the show, and we'll leave the pieces and writers in the comments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QCJQl8jc-k&t=66s

And.

As always.

Thank you for being here.

-The Prose. team

Spiral downward into my world beneath the surface

Dig deeper and you’ll see my soul

Barren and old

Weary and cold

And already sold

So you see, I only care about the money

And not the world in which my greed is causing suffering

Of the Earth

And it’s people.

And I’ll be sent into a downward spiral if you try to tell me we are equal.

It would be unwise

My mind is closed and so are my eyes.

©S.J.Reed

There are days

I don't connect

With myself

Not

In the

Questioning my existence

Vein

Because

That's different

And normal

But

In the

Am I

Being true

To myself

Way

Which is smaller

And less

Significant

But bigger

And

More poignant

Yet

The answer

Is in the question

Because

I asked

Who Erm I?

Instead

Of

Who

Am

I

I hear the repetitive tick of the clock

As I lay dying,

And I can feel

That the eternal abyss

Which is so highly praised,

Becomes near.

Wow, contributors were among some of my favorite writers and some I'm unfamiliar with, who are on their way to get on that list!

The prompt was addressed SO CREATIVELY by everyone. Thanks to @Huckleberry_Hoo, @dctezcan, @tolstyka, @svsrikanth, @TheJovialWriter, @Shallowgenepool, @writer_a_nel, @aflalo22, @yousufrizvi4, @kateresa, @Furaha, and @RamonElCamino.

Tough call. These covered probably every snarky angle of interacting with UNOHOO. The one that I liked the best (but barely above each and every unique and clever one) was @7v7's Now Here's a Sucker.

"You have home insurance, too?"

"Yes. It's required." I don't know why I answered.

"And life insurance?"

"--uh that's optional."

"Our agent will be calling."

"I'm sorry--wha?!"

Subtle but hilarious. Thanks to all. Now I have to figure out how to select the winner and mark it officially.