ludic verbosity for the win
PARKA against the cold, mask against the Covid,
SPINY old age, tougher than tough,
BUSHY hair tufts, sharp mind, scoldy tongue
CHAIR, Bernie, mittens. Who can forget?
PARKA, SPINY, BUSHY, CHAIR
CHEST of red the robin puffs, perched on twig in
SHRUB on day when snow is gone, yet air is hardly warmed by sun.
CREDO of chirps, profession of tweets, faith-song for spring to come.
BELOW the heavens, below heaven, creation sings for history to flow.
CHEST heaving, side stitching
SHRUB tromping, water chugging:
CREDO of outdoorsy exercise
BELOW my comfort preference.
CHEST, SHRUB, CREDO, BELOW
DEUCE of a situation. String pullers, mid-life or older, feed the
BEAST of populace, the roiling mass, to extract gain.
NOISY mob on one side, power and wealth come out the other.
YOUNG will eventually live in the ashes left over. But that will be their business.
Sans
FALSE teeth I feel anything but
LUSTY. My mouth is a vast space, an
EMPTY place. My tongue whips round gummy
FLESH usually hidden away during the day.
DEUCE, BEAST, NOISY, YOUNG
FALSE hopes without dying daily,
LUSTY instants without life pledges,
EMPTY words without normal conversations,
FLESH without soul.
FALSE north, false clock, false currency:
LUSTY pleasure mill,
EMPTY days, empty nights,
FLESH decaying, nothing lasting.