Sunday 24 May 2009

Furlough

FURLOUGH

–noun

1. Military. a vacation or leave of absence granted to an enlisted person.
2. a usually temporary lay-off from work.
3. a temporary leave of absence authorized for a prisoner from a prison.
–verb (used with object)
4. to grant a furlough to.
5. to lay (an employee or worker) off from work, usually temporarily.






















She took a furlough from sanity
Escaping to a world of her own
Where giant butterflies devoured her.

The dreamer appears courtesy of George Eastman House

2 comments:

Merisi said...

Love it!
Truly.

Every time I blog,
I take a furlough from sanity
(not for nothing to a hide my real name!). :-)

Merisi said...

... not for nothing do I hide my real name!

(See, on furlough!)