It’s Trifecta Weekly Challenge time. As always, the assignment is to create something between 33 and 333 words using a specified word and definition.
3 a : low in spirits : melancholy
b : marked by low spirits : depressing <a blue funk> <things looked blue>
I think I strayed off the beaten path this week … as in I may need to start writing with a compass, a reliable walking stick and a small bag of bread crumbs.
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13 Shades of Blue
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It’s used to describe ANGELS as they jet across the sky
Or a BAYOU in a Ronstadt song from many years gone by
A BOOK with this descriptor lists a price tag for a car
And when it’s written before GRASS, think banjo and guitar
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When Geisel used it for his book, it named the second FISH
It indicates a lunch special with PLATE, but not with dish
In the 60s, Vinton sang of VELVET of this hue
And Sha-Na-Na sang of a MOON of the same color, too
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It aids in our technology when paired alongside TOOTH
And when it’s seen before LAGOON, it’s Shields and all her youth
When used before LAW, it means you don’t have to work on Sunday
Fats Domino even used it when singing of his MONDAY
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But Trifecta doesn’t want the color definition
I must employ a different meaning for my next submission
Sad, low, melancholy is the order of the day
So, I sat down to write about the word without delay
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The truth is that I know about this word a bit too well
For sadness drifts into my life and upon it I dwell
Until I find a way of coping, something to get through,
It’s nice to know you’re all here when I’m down and feeling blue
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