—For Three Word Wednesday, three words (and their opposites)—
Tongue-Tied
Her smile was thin disguise.
No number by the phone, no
cop stationed in the driveway,
no assurances of anonymity
could ease her serious jitters.
Grace knew what she knew.
She stood and took the oath,
but her tongue grew thick;
her story, so well rehearsed,
seemed so suddenly awkward.
She decided to keep her silence.
The courtroom’s calm remained.
Scrambled, Not Fried 
Mysterious. And the rest of the story, please?
You definitely leave us with a lot of questions..always good to want to know more..I felt I was grabbed straight into this piece..Jae
Oohhh… enquiring minds are racing now!
Love the way you keep us guessing!
great ending to this.wonderful that she did her citizen’s duty.
Potent reminder of the unease of anyone testifying at a drug dealer’s trial, or a wife-beater… the open-endedness of this actually worked for me, and nice use of the prompt, Ron.
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Yes, there’s a lot going on here. Great work.
She’s hiding something, but what? inquiring minds want to know.
At least they won’t be round to get her! Just how good is police protection?
and so many questions remain! Great piece – I’m intrigued.
Oh, Ron! I love the use of the prompt – AND their opposites! I will have to try that one day (definitely not on a “wordle” day…that would make 24 words to use in one poem!)…loved the story, too.
I owe you an email…but have been crazy-busy at work and overwhelmed by life come evening. I’ve been keeping up with a post-a-day, though…and reading/commenting here and there as a therapeutic outlet. But…will catch up with you SOON.
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Nicely done. 🙂
I wonder what she knew… I very much like your use of the prompts AND their opposites. Well done.
I love the use of Grace here as a name and also that you chose to use the opposites. It gives this poetic tale the certain roundness and. completeness of having come full circle.
Good story and leaves us wanting more. Nice use of the prompt words.
We all, at times, would like others to not know what we know but then a look does not often hide what is really there. A very emotionally charged piece. Well done!