“I left the farm for the big city sixty-plus years ago. I embraced feminism and burned my bra. Then I met a guy and several months later I was shaving my legs and curling my eyelashes again! He was an English major so I became a romantic poetry sop. One night I even recited a line for him: ‘I want to be pretty for you. I have dropped two seeds of turnsole in the dark of both eyes.” I gravitated to him like sunflowers turning their heads to constantly feel the sun’s rays on their faces. Thank god I came to my senses and never looked back. Enough of this tangent. No more questions, Miss Parkander! Please call the Vice President and tell him he has to be at the Climate Accord meeting I’m hosting at Camp David. The Secretary of State as well.”
Written for Prosery Monday at dVerse, the virtual pub for poets around the globe. Today Sanaa asks us to include the line “To be pretty for you I have dropped two seeds of turnsole in the dark of both eyes” from the poem Garden by Isabel Duarte-Gray in our piece of flash fiction that is 144 words or less in length. Turnsole is a type of plant, like a sunflower, that turns its head or stem to follow the movement of the sun. And my question for you is, when will the US have a female President….so many qualified women out there!
lillian the home poet 
Clever, and so very much of you in there from past to present moment.❤️
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You would make a great president, Lill! I enjoyed your prosery very much!
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Remember, with the age of the current president it could happen any day… there are alas some female politicians that I fear might be the first female president.
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I agree! This is absolutely stunning work done, Lillian 😍😍 I hope we have a female president soon! It would be a nice change. Thank you so much for writing to the prompt ❤️❤️
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I love the twist at the end. It made me smile.
I think qualified is the operative word. There are many qualified women, but also (like men), some I’d never want to see as president!
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Me too! This was a fun and clever write!
Much love,
David
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Madame President! Yes, I hope to see it one day. Good spin on the line, Lillian.
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Well done…let’s hope we see a woman as president it would certainly be a change. Love it! 🙂
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All finite causes here. The future is closing in. 🤔👏
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What a clever use of the prompt! Quoting it as itself, love that! 🙂
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Day-dreaming at work happens, but is usually disastrous
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I LOVE the sudden switch from daydream to present day urgent political happenings. Very cool.
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Quoting the line was a clever way to get round a very difficult prompt – definitely Presidential material!
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