This is a Prompt Challenge from the facebook group, Vocal + Assist.
The Wiggle Jig
… dance of my people …
I found the clothes I want to wear
going out with the spouse
to my favorite restaurant.
I begin to salivate, thinking
***
the Artichoke dip
the beer-cheese soup
the cedar plank salmon
the nice glass of Pinot
***
I wiggle and I jiggle
to fit into my jeans.
While I do my dance, I realize,
it must be time to buy new pants.
***
Maybe the kind with elastic.
Thank you for reading! Oh, the dilemmas of age …
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That was great fun and totally appropriate for this time of year, or any time really
Hehehe this was hilarious and well done!!
Funny!
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So great and a little too relatable!! Nice work :)
Love this! Made me hungry and also very relatable. I need new pants this year for the same reason 😅
Can relate to the dance 😊
lol...we all know that dance
Fantastic!!! Very relatable!!!
lol. This is great.
I love it... The dance... Been there done that...