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Your February Longette Prompt: Commercialism 3 February 20263 February 2026

elevator sign from Japan, with Japanese and an English translation "please refrain from talking" and an emoji type image, in white reversed out in a blue circle, of a person with index finger to their lips

In defence of the humanity of the listener in the Era of Monologue 🔊➡️🔊👂and a reminder to myself to pipe down and listen, for pity’s sake 2 February 20264 February 2026

a fire burning low, with ashes and some unburnt square pieces of wood

The front door creaks open — stillness interrupted — heavy footsteps cross the threshold, the waft of body odour displacing fresh air, a familiar voice can be heard, 1 February 20262 February 2026

A different day — an ocean pool — more forgetting — a smile that once would have fluttered a heart — no scalpels and luck holds firm 29 January 202629 January 2026

striking black and white image of coffee beans, coffee in a cup and milk in a cup...a bit like a yin yang symbol but triangles with the inset contrasting circles of colour

Colour Contrast: A Various And Varied Variety — on Blackness, Whiteness, Greyness, Brownness — by Blacklisted & Anonymous; Whitelisted & Obvious; Gray, Greyer & Greyness; Brownlisted & Balanceness 20 January 202628 January 2026

view of mainly blue sky with light cloud and a slim slice of ocean at the bottom. There is a bronze sculpture of a woman at the right hand side, looming large

At the local swimming pool — the only one with unbarbered legs and no towel, chocolates dragging me down — but the sky is blue 17 January 202613 January 2026

What the heck is a Longette? 16 January 202631 January 2026

page of a notebook showing writing and drawings. the drawings are of a life-size cockroach and an enlarged tardigrade or moss piglet. the notes relate to the poem and include its title

Sunset on the human race / A tardigrade could do better / Traditions get mangled, entangled, star-spangled / Genocide as a form of tourism: A slam poetry-esque Longette Lite* from the deviser 14 January 202614 January 2026

black and white image of people waiting outside in a very long queue, in a Latin country

I’ve Been Standing in Line for Five Days at the Motor Vehicles Department to Renew My License While My Husband Started Divorce Proceedings and Sold the House 4 January 2026

First Nations: your January Longette Prompt 3 January 20261 February 2026