WEDNESDAY 3rd MARCH 2021
This is a response to a Flash Fiction prompt from ‘Putting My Feet In the Dirt’, Writing Prompts hosted by ‘M’.
Which can be found by following the link below..
Prompt ~ PURPLE NURPLE NINCOMPOOPS
THE QUEST
by John Yeo
I have travelled the world on a mission,
I seek to follow the clues,
My existence hinges on the answers I find
To questions that haunt and confuse.
Purple nurple nincompoops
Will always be a puzzle to me.
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The trail is hard to follow sometimes
The branches of the whole go awry.
Often when I’m sure I’m on the right lines
A new path opens and new shoots appear.
Purple nurple nincompoops
Will always be puzzling me.
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Records were kept very poorly
The clues are confusing and suggest
My heritage will remain a mystery to me,
But my instincts for clarification see
Purple nurple nincompoops
Are fascinating to part of me.
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When my Mother reached the age of sixty
She dressed completely in purple
Her behaviour became young and frisky
Uninhibited and gloriously free
Purple nurple nincompoops
Will always be an example to me.
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My urge is always to continue my quest
Throughout the whole colour spectrum
Following the clues to discover
The roots of my family tree.
Purple nurple nincompoops
Will always be a part of me.
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