What could be stranger than
walking on two legs, bisected
by knees that bend only backwards,
or feet adorned with just five toes,
and hands with four fingers and
only one opposable thumb?
What could be stranger than
breathing air instead of water, or eyelids
that blink up and down?
What could be stranger than speaking words,
having a birth day, or eating fish but not the bones?
What could be stranger than putting on a watch
as if we could measure time?
Read other writings in response to this week's prompt from Sunday Scribblings, stranger.
Yes, I suppose we would be pretty strange to most other lifeforms.
ReplyDeleteNice take on the prompt.
Well, I always knew I was strange...
ReplyDeleteThoughtful writing. Nice to read!
ReplyDeleteUmmn, there are some deep thoughts here, especially the one about measuring time!
ReplyDeleteYeah we are strange critters us many and varied people of the world, but some things link us all together.
ReplyDeletePianissimo to a forte punch, an inarguable point… What could be stranger than the relationship the human mind insists on having with the concept of time? LOL!
ReplyDelete"as if we could measure time?"
ReplyDeletejust loved this line
interesting points! :)
ReplyDeleteYou're right--people are peculiar beings...
ReplyDeletei love now you have brought a prespective from the other side of a nature -
ReplyDeleteThe Bird Sanctuary
ReplyDeleteYou guys keep watching
And I do my best, ignore
Your constant invasions.
I high step shallows,
Fishing for my next feeding
And you guys disturb
All the little ones.
They rush from me as if it
Was all my own fault.
Can't you mind your own business?
Now I know what my fishes think of me... :) I think it's good to have that proverbial poke on our egos once in a while.
ReplyDeleteTo them, we most certainly move funny. We'd be the amusing specimen this time. (grin)
ReplyDeleteA perspective rich with so many possibilities, rich fuel for the imagination. Cheers.
Nice site. I will visit again. God Speed to you and yours.
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