COBRA staff in hand, ready to
SHANK that Ali Ababwa and take that
PIXIE from the sultan for myself, but
RAJAH the tiger was unaccounted for.
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Foiled
Month: June 2022
Homage to Mystery Men
SHANK Casanova Frankenstein, Blue
RAJA[H], with a spoon! Fiesty
PIXIE, Carol the Bowler, has your back,
COBRA—no, remember, it’s a skull—in her bowling ball.
Easily one of my dumbest ones, but an homage to:
2022-06-09 words
SHANK, RAJAH, PIXIE, COBRA
Ingrates
TRYST, two lover’s last on outbreak’s eve, they soon entombed.
MOUND, for burial of the city’s dead arriving too fast for single graves.
SPREE of death eventually births antidote’s invention.
SERUM!—One generation would have danced at its arrival. This one scoffs.
Tryst
TRYST evidence in abundance:
MOUND of disheveled sheets,
SPREE of food and drink laced with the
SERUM of self.
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2022-06-08 words
TRYST, MOUND, SPREE, SERUM
Vassal
BOSSY hands conducting a circular cacophonous symphony.
BLOCK out the noise if you can, and make the
CLOCK your servant rather than your
LIEGE.
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Tyranny of Clocks
CLOCK doles time, portioned out in ticks, serves as
BOSSY metronome overtakes all time’s tempo,
LIEGE lord of a time-bound race, counts each subtracted second.
BLOCK ticks! Breathe—seize back time’s unmeasured moments.
2022-06-07 words
CLOCK, BOSSY, LIEGE, BLOCK
Unexpected(ly better)
LOWER the gurney gently, faithful
UNION of porters; all five hearts receive a
FLOOD of unchecked mercy and invitations to
PARTY with the Host.
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