VALUE, DEBIT, LOUSY, GRATE
Month: July 2022
It’s all in the ear
CHUTE the messenger? Don’t.
SIEVE the messenger? Do.
ADAPT the messenger and take him into your family? You’d be
DITTY not to.
[Courtesy of a poet still struggling with the intricacies of English pronunciation.]
SHOOT the messenger? Don’t.
SAVE the messenger? Do.
ADOPT the messenger and take him into your family? You’d be
DOTTY not to.
[Courtesy of the poet explaining]
Carry the Tune
DITTY started, but the singer carries the tune in a
SIEVE, the band struggling mightily to
ADAPT, but mostly just praying for an escape
CHUTE to whisk them away…
See more at Notes by Steven.
2022-07-24 words
DITTY, CHUTE, SIEVE, ADAPT
Junior Bird Men
DITTY singing (“Junior Bird Men, up in the air, upside down”), I tumble from the plane,
CHUTE opens, whistling weirdly. I look up:
SIEVE of a canopy! The thought occurs: when humans
ADAPT well, they require time plus iteration.
Whoops, science!
NINJA receives the Sceptic’s
AWARD for proving that the
OZONE layer isn’t
QUITE as holey as once proclaimed.
Close Call
OZONE smell fills the air where the
QUITE close––too close––lightning struck like a
NINJA. Me taking cover? Not so much. No
AWARD for grace or poise forthcoming.
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Ruin Preferred
OZONE above might heal, last joint act before we
NINJAed away collective deeds of grace, now re-
QUITEing every impulse of care with scorn. Darwin
AWARD more lustrous than common good, ruin preferred.
2022-07-23 words
OZONE, NINJA, QUITE, AWARD
Pike Place
CROOKed the foreman finger for fish to fly,
THREW the crew their catch for crowd,
SUAVEly caught and given paper wrap,
BEGINs stray custom, winds up a tourist trap.