DAILY PROMPT
Frivolous
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It could be said (with some justification) that these days, I lead an entirely frivolous life – ie, one that’s of no weight, worth or importance. Based on that definition (Macquarie dictionary) my life has always been frivolous. (Raising kids doesn’t raise a blip on anyone’s scale of weighty worthiness: it’s part of the human condition, suck it up.)
So my question is, if I’ve been living this frivolous life since birth, why at no time in the last 72 years have I felt the frivolity? Because you have to admit that whatever the dictionary mighty say, frivolity has overtones of froth, frills and irresponsibility, and while I certainly haven’t trudged my way through sludge and mud all the days of my life, I can swear without fear of contradiction that at no time have I skipped through fields of daisies in a cloud of bubbles.
Presumably this indicates a hole in the heart of my personality. There I was wreathed in clouds of frivolity, and I couldn’t see it.
Ho hum. Bit late now.
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If you ever find that field of daisies & bubbles, I’ll walk through it with you. I’m way too old to be skipping these days. That being said, all life has worth, so the dictionary can bite me.
Not much skipping happening here, either! A few bubbles from time to time, though. My grandchildren like blowing bubbles off my balcony.
I’ve never been much for frivolity either. I think I was born sort of old. It’s not so terrible. Time equalizes everything. No one our age is frothy, at least no one I know. That’s a rather disturbing mental image, isn’t it? A frothy senior citizen?
Hideous! Lots of botox, lots of make-up, short frilly skirt – and hands with liver spots.
Never ever too late for a spot of frivolity. Wear purple. Eat sausages. Run your stick along the railings! Read that poem by Jenny Joseph
Yep, love Jenny Joseph’s poem For purple with a red hat read happy pants and t-shirts with frayed neckbands, bare feet and surfing and I’m probably a lot more frivolous than I think. Just not frothy!