Monday, July 19, 2021

Monday WRites 307

'Some Of The  Onions Went Into The Tuna Sandwich'
 


This morning, the onions made me cry. They were large brown skin covered onions. The kind you find readily at any supermarket or vegetable seller.  Sometimes i buy the large white ones and sometimes the red ones. 

The smell of sauteed onions with tomatoes is to me divine.  Just the right piece of heaven sent.

It's a clear morning, bright, blue sky. Chopping along my merry way, thinking of nothing but breakfast, including coffee of course. Half way through i could only hear the soft crunch of the chopper wading through them. 

I have aprons but i never wear them. I choose instead to wipe my tears away on the sleeve of my tee shirt. And continue chopping away. No, I do not weep at the world – I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife. Some of the onions went into a tuna sandwich.
 © gillena cox 2021

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Welcome to Monday WRites #307: A Happy Monday to all. Be Safe.

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prompted to use the lines No, I do not weep at the world – I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife in a prose using not more than 144 words

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32 comments:

  1. TomJuly 19, 2021 at 11:22 AM

    ...a tuna sandwich is a favorite of mine, but without the onion. Gillena, I hope that your week is off to a great start.

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  2. Gillena CoxJuly 19, 2021 at 12:12 PM

    Thanks for dropping by Tom

    Much💜love

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  3. IngridJuly 19, 2021 at 3:22 PM

    I love your descriptions here Gillena: the 'soft crunch of the chopper wading through' onions. And the simplicity and directness of it: emotion versus the need to get on with life!

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    1. Gillena CoxJuly 19, 2021 at 4:10 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Ingrid

      Much💜love

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  4. ms_liliJuly 19, 2021 at 3:55 PM

    Gillena, I love what you did with the prompt line. Even the ordinary has magic to it in the right hands.

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    1. Gillena CoxJuly 19, 2021 at 4:10 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Lili

      Much💜love

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  5. Merril D. SmithJuly 19, 2021 at 3:58 PM

    So evocative, Gillena! I felt like I was there, and that there is more to this than onions.

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    1. Gillena CoxJuly 19, 2021 at 4:11 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Merril

      Much💜love

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  6. Sanaa RizviJuly 19, 2021 at 4:00 PM

    This is gorgeously rendered, Gillena!!💝💝 I too love the "smell of sauteered onions with tomatoes."

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  7. Gillena CoxJuly 19, 2021 at 4:11 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Sanaa

    Much💜love

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  8. lillianthehomepoet.wordpress.comJuly 19, 2021 at 4:30 PM

    Clever use of the line here....and your writing is so detailed that I feel I am right there watching you do the chopping!

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    1. Gillena CoxJuly 19, 2021 at 5:43 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Lillian

      Much💜love

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  9. Glenn ButtkusJuly 19, 2021 at 5:08 PM

    AI whip up a tuna dip with albacore tuna, white onions, garlic dill pickles, and black olives, with 50/5o Mayo and Miracle Whip. I scoop in out with saltine crackers. Now that's eating. Your poem has made me hungry.

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  10. HelenJuly 19, 2021 at 7:39 PM

    This is simply wonderful!!!! Yummy.

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  11. TriciaJuly 19, 2021 at 8:34 PM

    I'm really hungry for a tuna sandwich now! Sauteed onions and tomatoes are some great toppers! 😋

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  12. David BogomolnyJuly 20, 2021 at 2:56 AM

    Very cute, Gillena! I enjoyed this - and it sounds totally real!

    Yours,
    David [ben Alexander]
    http://skepticskaddish.com/

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  13. Gillena CoxJuly 20, 2021 at 3:25 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation Ben

    Much💜love

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  14. A Reading WriterJuly 20, 2021 at 5:38 AM

    This is adorable and sensory, Ms. Gillena.

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  15. KerfeJuly 20, 2021 at 6:56 AM

    I like the way you turned the quote into a positive domestic scene.

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    1. Gillena CoxJuly 20, 2021 at 1:44 PM

      Thank you for your appreciation Kerfe

      Much💜love

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  16. EricaStaJuly 20, 2021 at 8:24 AM

    Love tuna Sandwiches, Gillena 🤗

    Happy MosaicMonday

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  17. NatureFootstepJuly 20, 2021 at 8:42 AM

    love the union face. There are one more in the image to the left. A silhouette :)

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    1. Gillena CoxJuly 20, 2021 at 1:46 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Monica

      Much💜love

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  18. RaivenneJuly 20, 2021 at 9:00 AM

    Oh I enjoyed this, Gillena. I can almost taste the onion and feel its pull at my tear ducts. It's such a simple domestic scene, yet evoking a sense of drama in your words. Well done!

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  19. Gillena CoxJuly 20, 2021 at 1:46 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Raivenne

    Much💜love

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  20. AngieJuly 20, 2021 at 11:08 PM

    Gillena - a lovely piece of prose. Thanks for sharing it with Mosaic Monday!

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  21. Gillena CoxJuly 21, 2021 at 1:51 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation Angie

    Much💜love

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