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Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 2h

#vss365
By day she’s dull, dormant—
a #beetle bug hiding in plain sight,
unnoticed as the doormat stepped on
a million times without apology.

But in the dark, she glimmers—
the color of glow, a femme fatale firefly
twinkling for amateur stargazers,
little boys in men’s bodies.

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Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 20h

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Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 20h

#vss365
not my best moment
fraught, distraught
stretched too thin

I admit, I threw a fit
since when’s that a sin?

in hell, I dwell
spinning wheels spin

take after take
real-to-reel heartache
remastering my mistake

like six-seven, I’m a meme
your #deluxe de-lu-lu queen

One love.
You won, love

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Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 1d

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Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 1d

❤️🙏🌻

a woman is holding a hair dryer in front of a screen that says ' 00 04 02 10 ' on it

Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 2d

#vss365
Barefoot dancing,
splashing through life.
Lazing in clover,
racing across blacktop roads

Crayola-colored sunshine,
with sepia #undertones

Honeybees
Chiggers
Hot tar

Stings
Bites
Blister-burns

The world wore #raincoats;
I wore shame

No—
I never saw a #piranha,
only a boy
Who smiled at me

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Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 4d

"Thwack!" 👍

Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 4d

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ALT: a woman is holding a hair dryer in front of a screen that says ' 00 04 02 10 ' on it

a cartoon character of a fire with arms and legs

Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 4d

#vss365
Sleepy hollows
pulse with #verve;
Season peepers
work my nerve.
The forest exhales
its dying green;
Duck-decked Jeeps
crowd every scene.
Creepers sip pumpkin lattes
on the go,
Honk and holler,
block traffic flow.

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Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 6d

ALT: a cartoon character of a fire with arms and legs

Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 6d

#vss365
We face a new wave of societal morality—
our choices deemed #libertine,
our freedoms twisted into ehat they call sin.

Our survival is deemed degenerate too;
they label and libel,
they shade us in shame.

But I choose to walk in sunshine,
and when it rains,
I will be a rainbow.

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Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 6d

#vss365
Here’s to the nameless muse flitting through life, unaware of their combustibility.
They are an incandescent spark that ignites our creativity and the #ash we scatter when our fire dies.

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Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 7d

😁😉

Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 8d

#vss365
We meet in a liminal space
I call family—

My thoughts demand voice yet betray me as they leave my lips.
Lost in babel, they escape definition, to #clash with intent.

Your ears open as your heart does not—
you accept these refugees,
believing what I cannot defend.

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Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 8d

#vss365
The #advert misled me
with its #elastic guarantee.
My waistband snapped
in the hallway—
my panties slid down my knee.
My #associates pointed,
snickered, and stared;
I just kept walking,
as if I hadn’t cared.

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Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 12d

I did.🌻 I love when the words just fall into place.

a woman drinking a drink through a straw with the words groundwork survival above her

Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 12d

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ALT: a woman drinking a drink through a straw with the words groundwork survival above her

a woman in a yellow sweater is sitting on a couch with a picture frame in the background

Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 12d

#vss365
I lie here
lay here
exist

Between open bottle
and dirty blender
emotions squeezed
#pulp clinging to pith

My zest still green
tinged with naivety
ah, I am a sticky mess
but not your counter to clean

I only want to be
to gather fruit flies, gnats,
ants who sip my sadness
until it is gone.

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Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 13d

#vss365
Storm season came with a thunderous downpour.
Emotions spilled, and everyone sought refuge.
The abandoned left to find an #oasis—
a place to wait out the torrent.

But this season was worse than the last.
This season brought irreparable damage.

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Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 14d

Young people are all I know these days. So here I sit, waiting for some fanfare.

ALT: a woman in a yellow sweater is sitting on a couch with a picture frame in the background

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Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you for the p4ompt inspiration. 🙏🌻❤️

Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 14d

#vss365
Without photos,
we try and recall
our childhood.
A scrapped book—
sharp-edged,
tear-faded,
half-written.
Our abandoned lore.
Fragmented memories #blur
as we blend
our experiences
into something...
something we can bear.
And with time,
we learn to live
with our truth.

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Vicie Ree aka Auntie_Social @vicieree.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you. I hope their story ends on a healing note. 🙏🫶❤️