Month: February 2023

Undoing the cleat

The
SNARE of my soul’s Enemy is a misshaped
CHUNK of metal pinned on one side to me, like a
CLEAT that joins me to him. Praise God for the
TURBO jet power of Jesus Christ to release me!

Scamping at the Dump

SCAMPing at the dump in a polka-dot
SHIRT and red plaid skirt,
(CLASHing in more ways than one)
Yet no one sane would
REBUT her claim to all she unearthed and won: such as a

SNARE for critters looking like new; a
CHUNK of styrofoam busted in two; a
TURBO pipe all rusted through; plus a dirty old
CLEATed soccer shoe (pee-yew!)

Two days’ worth

The
youngest SCAMP is AMONG those who have to
HALVE their SHIRTs (a bet) in order to join the
CLASH with the superior OUTGOing team:
‘REBUTting the GULCH’ is the name of this contest.

(Two days’ worth of Quordle words proved beyond me.)

Unpolished

REBUTting you: yes, I am often late, I wear novelty T-
SHIRTs, I forget to pay bills. But why cite these? Why
CLASH? I am yours, wholly loyal. I do not glorify my faults. That
SCAMP you were with before was polished-and what was he worth?

Youthful Follies

AMONG many mistakes was sliding down the

GULCH after the rain which would have

HALVEd my lifespan if I couldn’t

OUTGO my outraged mother.

Outrun would work better than outgo.

Reverse Ezekiel 47

AMONG residents realization sickly takes hold: the land is dying: dry
GULCHes, reservoirs down three quarters, allotments cut. To
HALVE prior expectation now looks good. A reality so stark, you blink and blink, yet it’s still there:
OUTGO far above inflow. Praying for rain is all that’s left. And what of spiritual water? How high the levels?

Lake Powell decline. Taken from https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150249/lake-powell-still-shrinking

Note: In 1986, our family, my parents, my two sisters, and I, took a 3 day houseboat vacation on Lake Powell, a lovely and memorable experience for me. What we experienced then is now gone.

Things in the US West are starting to get dire. For the first time, residential neighborhoods are having their water shut off: https://ktar.com/story/5421137/rio-verde-foothills-residents-react-to-shutoff-from-scottsdale-water.