PrttySweet Distractions

This is a special Side Peace in honor of our dearest friend Dr. Anthony Smith, better known to us all as Titus LLewellyn.  He passed 06/18/2026. He will be forever loved and sorely missed. While this is a personal PrttySweet farewell, we will be hosting a show in memorium for friends to stop by and write their own love letters to Titus.

You can listen to his distinctive voice read his eloquent words on his soundcloud page. Stop by and listen awhile:

https://on.soundcloud.com/LaK7mWfaRHWSCYPJhq

Grab some popcorn and let's watch. We can't always avoid the crowds or overhearing intimate conversations. There is no expectation of privacy in public after all. Sometimes, creating backstories turn these moments with strangers into living poetry, tickling our funny bones, breaking our hearts, or just pissing us off. Some of us keep our eyes low and can't be bothered. Others, however elevate people watching into an art form.

We take aim at every lazy stereotype about aging and knock them flat. Age is more than a number, it's a mindset. Some people refuse to fade out, slow down, or play the role society assigns them. "Old" isn't synonymous with irrelevant.

Everybody talks like they know what's best. it's easy to judge others after the fact. Sometimes, we have to know when to keep it to yourself. Just shut your pie hole.

When yesterday is over and today is still asleep, in the tired quiet words bleed to paper born in unfiltered emotion. We explore the freedom of words that come forth in the darkness before dawn.

Desire in the shadows when no one is watching. Tell us your naughty secrets in sultry words. Make us melt with your Midnight Confessions.

Sinking into a bubble-filled bathtub where the foam forms tiny crowns and her thoughts float up like little sparkles. Come escape away from the chaos, let it all float away. A little self-care goes a long way.

It's not always easy to sell yourself. Whether you're an artist or in a job interview, there is an art to making yourself look like the best choice. Is selling yourself limited to job searches, or do we sell/ market ourselves on dating apps, on dates, to one up our siblings. It just may be that success is based on how well versed we are in the Art of Prostitution and what we'd do for money or to get ahead.

This shows calls out every person who ever underestimated you. I am more than you think I am exposes the gap between who people assume you are and who you actually are. And it's bigger than they can handle .

Just under the wire or when time runs out. it's easy to lose track. Distance and time don't play well together. Flash fiction in 500 words all about how time ticks on or flies by.