Here in the restaurant I stare at my plate, DULLY,
Say, ‘On no account did I order beef FILET, Rosie –
Yes, your service has made me IRATE, Wally –
You say what? Hmm, is that a bruisy on your NOSEY?’
Month: July 2023
2023-07-10 words
FILET, DULLY, IRATE, NOSEY
Bemused
Let’s all sing for the hypothetical AXION
with its low mass and energy (rather like an uneaten BAGEL).
MAYBE something postulated to exist is a kind of finagle. In
SPITE of its inherent paradox – a visual kind of RADIO –
SADLY the axion remains far beyond my understanding; I
DREAD that I should OFFER up remaining brain cells in contradictory crash-landings.
[What happens when you inadvertently think you finished the DQP and then discover you’ve used some words from one day and the rest from another.]
2023-07-09 words
AXION, OFFER, DREAD, SADLY
2023-07-08 words
BAGEL, SPITE, MAYBE, RADIO
Pugnacious
ANGRY? I’m angry enough to give you a
CLOUT, right there on the snout, and I’ll
GAILY watch the blood pour out, then
SMEAR it all about like any other lout.
2023-07-07 words
CLOUT, SMEAR, GAILY, ANGRY
The Abbot pronounces
LEFTY, weary after years of getting knocked unconscious, joined the
ABBEY. The Abbot, enthused, and a boxing man himself, said he had a
HUNCH that Lefty’s right-handed stutter punch, a
RECURring soft as butter punch, was wrong: splutter with the left, hit with the right and win the fight.
2023-07-06 words
HUNCH, LEFTY, ABBEY, RECUR
Precipitous
The
ALERT tells me there’s a steep,
HILLY winding road ahead. A sudden
SHEET of snow blanks out the windscreen. The
VODKA hasn’t helped my driving skills.