I woke up feeling beige today.
Not the clean crisp beige
of a freshly ironed blouse
but rather a slouching hoodie-ish shade
a graying beige-
greige if you will.
Not exactly blah,
but very much without feeling.
The self imposed garrotte
with which I constrain myself
is beginning to chafe.
Serial discontent
is courting malfeasance.
I can smell their sex.
Yet I continue to tell myself,
as long as I acknowledge their presence
I can deny them entry.
I am no longer as deft a liar as I once was.
The Prompt: crisp beige, was provided by Misky on The Twiglets.
Love that word greige. Good one.
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Thank you Misky. It grew on me too..
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I love this, too!! 🙂
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Ooooo thank you!
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My pleasure!! 🙂
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Yea, griege … how I feel when I haven’t had enough sleep. 🙂
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Me too.. Thanks for stopping in Crispina!
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Ah, a new word! I wonder just how long it will take to catch on. I like your definition of it. 🙂
I woke to a greige day; shoveling last nights snow early – expecting a full greige day, with more greige on the horizon.
The lies we tell ourselves are for self preservation. I think though, that just by the expression of emotion in our words we gain strength so we can grow and gain honest perspective, and hopefully find peace.
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I wish I could take credit for the word greige, but I found it online and thought it was a good fit.
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Ah: Greige is simply beige + gray. The addition of gray to beige creates a richer color, that can work in a cool or warm color scheme. The level of beige to gray in your greige determines whether it is a cool or warm neutral…
Well then thank you for introducing it to me.
I have a list of odd words that I haven’t added to in a while. I think I shall add griege.
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Wow…..I really enjoyed. And I did say wow out loud.
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Nice! Thanks for letting me know!
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You’re welcome
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