SHORT summary of my encounter with
TRIPE: As an honored guest I tried to be
STOIC- I did! Politely partook. Turned green. Expressed gratitude. Left abruptly…right on the
VERGE of vomiting.
On the Verge
Month: February 2023
Muster Grace
VERGE of chaos, strife always straining to cliff’s edge,
SHORT fuses and fears ascendant reach for grim logic,
TRIPE abundant, speech measured by edge’s sharpness.
STOIC hearts must beat slowly and muster grace.
Awful
‘It’s offal how STOICs eat TRIPE,’ his
SHORT girlfriend complained. He replied,
‘I think you VERGE on mispronunciation, Miss. Treating a
TRIPE-eating STOIC as VERGE-ing on SHORT of taste.’
Imperial Diet
TRIPE on the tray: Marcus a really sus-pect
STOIC moonlighting to fund his meditations as a
SHORT-order cook at Waffle House, right on the
VERGE of getting the orders right this time.
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2023-01-31 words
VERGE, SHORT, TRIPE, STOIC
The poet suffers from lack of inspiration
My first attempt wound up in a drastic STATE,
ERODEd my ideas of birth and death and fate.
Perhaps this second try will be more TASTY,
WACKY even, not like a undercooked pastie.
Nope, the thing insists on being WACKY,
a STATE of things I know is tacky.
TASTY it’s not, and hasn’t flowed –
it’s caused my hard-won lines to ERODE.