Inspiration point (IP)
Inspired by GlosKat's excellent piece on things she misinterpreted as a child, the new Inspiration Point is 'misunderstandings'. Good luck with it!
Inspiration point
The sweet can turn sour!

He wished he’d win the lottery … Some wished for cherries, red or gold, and popularity, but found they turned to sour grapes …
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Dust
your ivory face a canvas for the etching of seconds of time ghostly pallor it becomes apparent you hide from the sun when it shines you're flinching...
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For the Love of Her

“...and if I should carol aloud from aloft all things that are forked, and horned, and soft would lean out from the hollowed sphere of the sea all looking down for the love of me.” ‘The Mermaid’ (Alfred Lord Tennyson)
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A Golden Touch

The Midas story. Be careful what you wish for.
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Montage of my sons. IP

Quicksilver hands as sharp as eyes. Your Trojan smiles flinty edged, your jawlines merge with the fizz and pop of consonant and vowel. American and Anglicised.
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