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Many thanks to Kenzie, our granddaughter for her drawing

No No No No No

by Debi Pick Marquette

my mom asked me to go to our nearby grocery store at eight years old, I went alone and entered the front door I looked around, but no one there, they must have been in back I was amazed to see all of the candy on the rack temptation hit my little brain, and who would ever know? then I heard this little voice, say "no no no no no!" raised with three brothers, I caught many frogs and snakes in the sun I'd bake mud pies, that's what a tomboy makes my brother and I were in the house throwing a football he accidentally threw too hard, and we heard something fall an antique of my dad's, who we've heard his temper blow both tempted to tell a lie, but that voice said no no no when I was a teenager, I was shopping with a friend she found a shirt; and it was more than what she had to spend she put it in her bag and as she started to walk out I told her it was wrong, of that I had no doubt she said she knew that I was right, as her guilt started to show she said she heard her conscience say"no no no no no no!" I ask God to guide my path and always keep me meek I know that going for seven days without Him makes one weak last night I met this handsome man who's giving me that look I fell for him completely, as we kissed my body shook I could not fight temptation; then I start to wake up slow Thankfully it was just a dream, but still a no No NO!"

Writing Prompt Write a poem any style or length that deals with any aspect of the topic, 'Temptation'.

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#98 May 2022