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Having been immersed in memoir writing for many months, I decided to write a small poem every day for a year to keep my poetic hand in. I've posted them to Instagram and facebook as written – where, to my amazement, people love them – but on this blog they are sometimes subject to later rewriting.
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Tuesday 30 May 2023

How Not to Behave in a Posh Hotel

Selected a sliver, palest green,

from the side plate. Bit into it.


My teeth melted. The top of my head 

blew off. I reached over, grabbed and 

downed a complete stranger’s milkshake.


‘What was THAT?’ (when I could 

breathe).‘Oh, a raw tabasco pepper.’



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to write 44 words, including 'pepper'.

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10 comments:

  1. Helen31 May 2023 at 07:32

    I know this would not be funny and possibly dangerous, however your telling made it so!

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade31 May 2023 at 08:51

      It was a really long time ago, but never forgotten. I never thought it might have been dangerous, but very uncomfortable and scary at the time. It was very quickly funny in retrospect.

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  2. Gillena Cox31 May 2023 at 20:49

    Thanks for sharing that pepper moment.
    Happy you dropped by my blog.

    Much💖love

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  3. David Bogomolny2 June 2023 at 00:13

    Rosemary,

    This is really cute - I hope it's not a scene from real life! 🙃

    All best,
    David
    SkepticsKaddish.com

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade2 June 2023 at 11:13

      Yes, I'm afraid it was. A very long time ago on my first trip to Bali. We weren't rich enough to stay at the Bali Hyatt, but treated ourselves to a dinner there one night. I had the Nasi Goreng, and most of the side dishes were designed to cool the palate, so I picked up that piece of raw tabasco in all innocence. Usually I love hot, spicy food – including lashings of tabasco sauce on almost everything – but I have never before or since encountered anything as hot as that raw tabasco and remain convinced it is the fiercest heat there can be.

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  4. Jewish Young Professional "JYP"2 June 2023 at 21:41

    Success! Now I can comment directly to tell you how much I love the hilarious storytelling here!

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade5 June 2023 at 23:36

      Oh, thank you for that! I'm so delighted that you do.

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  5. pvcann.com5 June 2023 at 19:16

    I have witnessed someone in a similar dilemma (Indian restaurant), I was torn between humour and worry. It's funny now though.

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade5 June 2023 at 23:35

      I think my witnesses were simply astounded, and had no clue what was going on until I was able to explain.

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