STRIP loneliness from my heart, O
WOOER of mine. Turn this broken
STATE to peace; let this sheep keep the
FERAL words I hold from being spoken.
Month: February 2023
02-14
WOOER strikes out. Went for broke on big gesture.
STATEd objection: I like you as a friend.
FERAL mood walking home,
STRIPs torn off the bushes. The world is out of joint.
Mundane
STRIP away the fabric hindrances,
STATE for the millionth time our desire––
WOOER embracing, wooed embraced; love is
FERAL, tenacious in the midst of mundanity.
2023-02-13 words
WOOER, STATE, FERAL, STRIP
Repartee
BASIL’s wife is somewhat
PLUMP and he is quite a
TEASE. She answers
DRYLY his remarks, avenging
them with ease.
Passive Aggressiveness
PLUMP gourmand remarked
DRYLY that the soup perhaps had too much
BASIL, to which his wife (and cook)
TEASEd him that perhaps less soup would be good for him.
Convoluted
TEASE my PLUM Pudding DRYLY with BASIL.
Basil, my plump one, teases dryly with wit and
a kind of plump humour, dry Lycra-garbed Basil. Tea’s
‘ere, Bas. I’ll plump pillows for you, teasely dry you.
Two Brothers at the River
PLUMP young Gregory, eight years old, not yet the hollow cheeked Nyssa, as on icons–
DRYLY his older brother asks: “Surely you will not jump in again?”
BASIL, older brother, not yet the Great, as in history,
TEASEs lovingly. Today: two young brothers, an idle afternoon, playing on a river’s bank.
Later, two fathers, Cappadocian, cold waters of the… Continue reading Two Brothers at the River
2023-02-12 words
PLUMP, DRYLY, BASIL, TEASE
The Liberal
SWAMI never one for tradition or
DOGMA, more inclined to
SIEVE out the bits he’s not
BOUND to follow.