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EXERT the effort to crush the last
GRAPE so the cup is completely full.
GAUNT faces of mourners can’t see the
THIRD day promised––yet.

Alternate:

GRAPE Kool-Aid refreshes the
THIRD group to come through as the
GAUNT faces of the adults
EXERT the worthwhile effort to endure.

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Homo Mortifer

GAUNT cannoneers move to deadly choreography,
EXERT their all in deadly trance, keep throwing
GRAPE at enemy ships. Of all engaged, they lose a
THIRD—born to a race that sheds blood on land, in sky, at sea.

Pie: Culinary Constant

ALLAY that downcast mood with apple pie.
CRUST is flaky, Granny Smith so tart in center.
QUITE true that much is grim, but pie’s got splendor!
CLICK and doom scroll, why? Let’s have some pie.

Chief Virtue

ODDLY, some name the rarely called on
VALOR for ultimate virtue; not, in valor’s
STEAD, descending Spirit’s
FRUIT, patience, say, of need each day.