ludic verbosity for the win
#1:
LATER, after visits to the
SALON, after the manufactured
MIRTH has faded, then the
GRADE-A misery sets in.
#2:
GRADE the roads for the regent’s arrival; his
SALON must be prepared. The night’s
MIRTH could cement peace now;
LATER, the diplomats can sort out the details.
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LATER generations might miss its role, obscured by form:
SALON, early social network, proto strewer of high
GRADE untruths. Yet also: a mimetic source to spread
MIRTH, witty contagion countering human gloom.
LATER, SALON, GRADE, MIRTH
LORRY drivers from many countries
GNASH their teeth as the vultures
SWOOP over the roads that
EXIST as their buffet lines.
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LORRY, if suddenly coming at you, soon to
GNASH you into a wall, like angry teeth, one fell
SWOOP—don’t ask “why not a truck?”
EXIST! Evade! No time to muse on dialects.
LORRY, GNASH, SWOOP, EXIST
PARKA pulled close as you
COWER against the knifing cold;
TURBO engines roar at liftoff from the
DUCHY in the north.
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COWER in kitchen till last moment, forced to serve calamity:
TURBO, misspelled fish adrift on chef’s menu. Shaking proffer to
DUCHY’s puffed up Duke, grown splenetic, long time since famous
PARKA worn in expedition, when he worked for the attention sought.
COWER, TURBO, DUCHY, PARKA
COVER your face with your hands.
REFER to the instructions; watch them
MORPH away from intelligibility.
TWIRL the tools in hand to fight frustration.
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