Month: February 2023

Two Communions

OFFERtory intones, one measure in the long composition,
HORDE–throng–communion of saints sing, in ever deepening harmony.
STEIN raised at end of day, even larger company joined in a rite, toasting day’s end.
SHEAR forces will fate their intersection. Yet, may the bonds hold in this time of grace.

Cowboys in the Warehouse

WINCH, plaything for boisterous cowboys in the warehouse.
HAVOC unfolds: add pallet, cables, voila! ad hoc flying contraption.
AMUSEment ends when Tom falls 15 feet to floor, lies motionless.
DEPOT falls silent. Pangs of sick longing to reel back time. Then his eyes open, he stands up.

Golfer, beware

Those golfers who EXCEL at the
NINTH hole, are those who’ve avoided the
THICK AVIAN that haunts the spot and
eats golf balls (and sometimes golfers) for lunch.

Ninth Circle

THICK ice holds grisly three-faced Lucifer at
NINTH circle’s center: ice never thaws under freezing wind of those
AVIAN mocking, seraphim mocking bat wings beating.
EXCEL this hellishness? What poet can prevail over Dante Alighieri?