Author: David Wright

CHOCK pulled, plane taxis, soars, slips ground’s hold.
BRIAR, meadow, town, fields, hills. Also:
DROVE of roads and tracks, lines on Earth’s face,
FIBER of societies, nerves and veins, carry pulse and impulse.

GOLEM in the shadows, yet forehead sigil clear,
SPIRE in background says Gotham,
JOKER, manic ennui radiating, front and center.
OPTIC mishmash reminds of Kavalier and Clay.

PROVE bona fides, then
BLISS’ll be yours,
AWARD received, thanks to
OFFER from Publisher’s Clearing House.

STEAK knives, pearl handled, deluxe set.
CASTE requires flex and display,
PETALs, filigreed silk flowers.
COWER, lesser folks with lesser swag!

FIXER here to rescue fizzled scene:
CARAT upon carat of Bulgari cascade,
TOTAL makeover, glam of smoky eyes,
TUNIC cut low, cut high. Sizzle sells.

MERCY is not the familial heridatement, she thought;
POPPY won’t appreciate his totaled Jag. He’ll be . . .
TESTY, choleric, dyspepetic-so not overjoyed, thought she
DRYLY, took deep breath, squared shoulders and stepped into the library.

NASAL toned, ‘state your business, peasant’, guard braced decoy while
CREPT I past in shadows, alert to every pebble, unbreathing, praying, first
PRONG in assault on city, the man inside.
HURRY then and main chance seized–the kingdom fell.

SNOWY gloom deepens, cold grips harder:
IMBUE, Jadis of icy gaze, space and time as you may, with
OCTET of spells, deadly, always one away from perfect.
GROUPs are under your sway, but One is unfazed.

ALOFT, if balloonist can get them there, thoughts of
PRICE drop away, dropped anxiety anchors holding the mind from flight.
SLYLY, he offers short flights for less: once
HITCH is untied, wonder takes over and wants to remain: aloft.

MINTY or cinnamon gum? The only diversion while
BUSED through the city on ride so slow the paint
DRIED many time over. Bus riders persevere, aren’t
AGILE; they know time shapes them, not the reverse.