flippers and vines

When the bar of soap slips to the floor of the shower, it's like a pinball game with my feet as the flippers, keeping it from sliding towards the drain.

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I bought Red Vines licorice for possibly the first time. It doesn't taste at all like Twizzlers as I thought it would, nor like strawberry or any other red fruit flavor. But it's tasty and reminds me of childhood and movie theaters, even though I don't remember ever eating licorice in movie theaters as a child. Maybe I had it at Halloween or a birthday party, and only smelled it in movie theaters.

isn't it nice

when you hear a noise
and look out the window
to see 3 military helicopters flying by
not to have to worry
about the imminent possibility
of missiles and destruction

not to have thuggish soldiers in the streets
ordering you out of your houses
rifling through your belongings
taking people away
to unknown destinations, unknown fates