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The List!

D.K. Shepard‘s 100 challenge

By Angie the Archivist 📚🪶Published about a year ago 1 min read
The List!
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He’s here! Right on time! #11

bearing red carnations #23.

My exuberant Labrador snags a pat #13.…

Glimpsing a snapshot of my smiling family…

Nice photo!

#5!

We head out…

eyeing his clean, casual clothes and pleasant profile, I mentally check… #39, 17.

Later, feasting on delicious Italian food… #85.

A nervous waitress spills his drink. Smiling, he sops it up #12.

Milk, White, or Dark?

You dislike chocolate?

Okay! More for me! #71.

Amicable conversation flows freely… #42; 54; 63.

Vegemite not promite? Oh no! I detest our salty Aussie icon! #98!

We laugh… #10… I do love a sense of humour!

Discretely, he rectifies the bill… #8.

💯 reasons to fall… I wonder, could he be the one? Will I fall this time?

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Written for D.K. Shepard's Keep it 100 Challenge.

Microfictionfact or fictionFor FunhumorFree Verse

About the Creator

Angie the Archivist 📚🪶

Labrador‘s personality🐕‍🦺… attention span of a gnat! 🙃

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  • Nicole Olea2 months ago

    So clever. Loved it.

  • WOAabout a year ago

    Congrats on your selection for the 100 unofficial challenge! I like to read all of the entries carefully to see people's different approaches and the braided list was really interesting of a form to use.

  • Sean A.about a year ago

    Congratulations!

  • Lamar Wigginsabout a year ago

    Such a clever entry, Angie! Loved it!

  • D.K. Shepardabout a year ago

    Brilliant! This was so fun and original! Would expect nothing less from you and yet it still delivered such a pleasant surprise! Laughed out loud at #71 because it home so hard! My husband is not a chocolate lover and I’m a downright fiend

  • Rachel Deemingabout a year ago

    Loved this playful, romantic, hopeful piece!

  • John Coxabout a year ago

    Very clever story, Angie! Well done and good luck on the challenge!

  • Mmmm, Italian food and chocolate! Loved your poem!

  • Nice take on the challenge, really enjoyed it

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