© irene waters 2015
Man its a hot one
The sauropod moaned
I may be the largest
but my bellies the emptiest
My grass is all shrivelling
Man its a hot one
The Ceratopsians moaned
I may be the oddest
With my frills and my horn
My grass is all shrivelling
Man its a hot one
The Tyrannosaur moaned
I may be the most dangerous
With my teeth and my claws
But my prey are all vanishing
Man its a Hot one
A crater in Mexico
Kilometers wide
Rebounding meter storms
Set fires world wide
Man its a hot one
The dinosaurs died.
In response to Charli over at the Carrot Ranch where she asks:
July 1, 2015 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes the phrase, “Man, it’s a hot one.” You can choose a gender neutral replacement for the slang, “man” or any other general address. The phrase can lead, end or show up in the middle of the story. If the prompt leads you to a creative idea to alter the phrase, do it! And stay cool this week!
Respond by July 7, 2015 to be included in the weekly compilation.Rules are here. All writers are welcome!
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About Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
I began my working career as a reluctant potato peeler whilst waiting to commence my training as a student nurse. On completion I worked mainly in intensive care/coronary care; finishing my hospital career as clinical nurse educator in intensive care. A life changing period as a resort owner/manager on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu was followed by recovery time as a farmer at Bucca Wauka. Having discovered I was no farmer and vowing never again to own an animal bigger than myself I took on the Barrington General Store. Here we also ran a five star restaurant. Working the shop of a day 7am - 6pm followed by the restaurant until late was surprisingly more stressful than Tanna. On the sale we decided to retire and renovate our house with the help of a builder friend. Now believing we knew everything about building we set to constructing our own house. Just finished a coal mine decided to set up in our backyard. Definitely time to retire we moved to Queensland. I had been writing a manuscript for some time. In the desire to complete this I enrolled in a post grad certificate in creative Industries which I completed 2013. I followed this by doing a Master of Arts by research graduating in 2017. Now I live to write and write to live.
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
This is a great response, Irene. Dry wit with serious undercurrents.
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We had been to the dinosaur exhibition at the Science Museum when I read the prompt it had to go that way. I tried prose but couldn’t make it work. Poetry is a bit of a novelty for me so glad you enjoyed.
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Fun, Irene. With history! I take it you have seen Jurrassic World?
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We’d spent a day at the science museum where their special exhibition happened to be dinosaurs. Is Jurassic World a movie or a theme park? I have seen a movie.
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An interesting take on history.
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Thanks Ann.
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You nailed this one – much fun to read!
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Glad you enjoyed it Sharon.
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IRENE ! – a noo yoo ! 😀
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That is an awesome flash! A bit of premonition — man going the way of the dino?
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I certainly hope not but the sooner we all make moves to act on climate change the safer we will be. Our govt unfortunately is climate change unbelieving and sticking their head in the sand.
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Love your photo and poem Irene, very clever, humourous and the perfect take on Charli’s ‘heat’ prompt. It’s great to be back here again, I know I’ve missed so many of your posts, but I’ll try and catch up here as best I can and will read on from now on. Thanks for the smiles again my friend 🙂 ❤
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Don’t put yourself under any pressure to catch up Sherri. It is hard enough staying on top of the daily posts let alone going back it seems like weeks. Great to have you back visiting and glad you enjoyed the flash. ❤ 🙂
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Thanks Irene…and I did very much 🙂 ❤
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