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Election day …
In the blink of an eye
we seal our fate
Will it be a wink and nod
or a cold, steady gaze?
So many years
since Palin’s famous wink …
Election day
Is a steady gaze
enough?
for dVerse Poets’ Quadrille #68 (pubtended by De Jackson)
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Love this 🙂
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Thanks! 😀
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A really good one Frank! We really do seal our fate with our vote… or lack of it!
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Indeed, Dwight. Thanks!
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Perfect!
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Thanks! 😀
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I like this take on the prompt.
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Thanks! 🙂
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We shall all see, right! Nice take Frank.
pat
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Thanks, Pat! 🙂
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Well penned. Gee, hard even to remember Sarah Palin now! And we thought *that* was nutty!
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Hahaha! So true! Thanks! 🙂
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Go out and vote. It may make a difference.
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Indeed! Thanks, Grace! 🙂
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I almost forgot about Palin.
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There’s a collective breath holding happening right now. Well said, Frank.
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I told my husband tonight that those who do not vote, elect the winners.
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we went through the same in May this year, no one dared blink or wink for fear of tampering.
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and since you’re such a big nation it affects the world…
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Too true.
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A timely thought, indeed. Well done!
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I wish a steady gaze was enough ….. good one👍🏽
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Beautifully written, Frank!
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I wish I could add a vote from Canada. …when it becomes a global issue.
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Hi Frank! I enjoyed reading your poem here. Well written, and engaging… I find myself in a steady daze… 🙂
…rob from Image & Verse
My “wink”
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