Author: Kyle Edwards

CLUED into mom’s hiding spots I could

STAVE my hunger by raiding the M&M stash, and I

CRANE my neck into the upper cabinet and …

EMPTY.

CHOCK full of nonsensical aphorisms, adages, and
MAXIMs, Terry drove people crazy with
LOOPY wisdom like “The early bird catches the football” and
“ERODE to nowhere is better than erode to Baltimore.”

MOLAR more painful than yesterday? Maybe.
MARRY thoughts of dental torture with playing hooky,
OPTICs that no one will see through as my
DROLL dentist makes jokes about drilling into nerve endings.

ATOLL absolutely ballin’ spot for thermonuclear explosion.

SAUCE it up with mushroom cloud and radioactive contamination,

BROOK no rivals for Cold War R&D as meanwhile kids

CRAWL under desks to practice surviving the end of the world.

ANNOY me with your influencer vibes, why don’t you?
FLUSH with cash from targeted ads, I see you there sprawling on that
ISLET with the yacht in the background and the champagne in the foreground,
AWAKE with the knowledge that you, truly, are influencing.^TM

GRACE turns the heart like a

LATHE turns a metal block,

HENCE something rigid into something shaped,

STONE to flesh, glory to glory.

LAGER drained, I linger and watch the

FINCH hop from branch to bush and

MARRY thoughts of flight with song, thoughts which

CREPT into my mind, aided no doubt by the lager.

SHEAR Khan, machine boss, is

ORGAN of machiavellian ward politics.

MURAL depicting his many victims

COUCHes neighborhood’s sketchiness in gentrifying aesthetic.

CONIC shaped bottle ideal for dispensing

OMEGA 3 supplements for the

CADET who needs every edge, a

CANNY decision in the cutthroat volunteer junior crossing guard brigade.

LOYAL beasts include the dog, the falcon, and the
CAMEL, who literally crosses the desert for his master.
ODDLY shaped and oddly personable, they’re
QUITE useful for trekking trackless wastes.

(Author’s note: I have not idea if camels are actually known for their loyalty)