CRYPT open to the air, the stench of
FLESH and blood and death clouds the horizon,
POISED to sow the seeds for a field full of
POPPY and heartache.
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Poppy
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Ambition
SHEER surface waters hewn by a longship,
ROWER exchanges his oars for axe and shield.
DRIER days ahead, and new glory: a
CINCH to gain the jarl’s eye––and gifts.
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Investigation
FRISK the papers like a suspect hiding a
DATUM instead of contraband or weapons: somewhere, a
PHOTO, a transcript, something to justify a
STIFF back and an incessant headache.
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Gambler’s Fallacy
JOKER discarded from the new deck whose
LASSO of plastic detritus lies on the table, now picks a
TOOTH of an absentminded player who forsook the slot’s
CRANK hours before.
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Crawl
GROIN to crown, the pain dances a
POLKA, like ice skaters that
GLIDE across cutting blades and leaves you to
CRAWL in debilitating shame.
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Close Shave
BUSHY conflagration on Horeb’s
PATIO, the avenging angel’s close
SHAVE (thanks to Zipporah)––not to
WORRY, He’s on your side, Moses.
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Ain’t Just a River
CURVE of the Nile, each bank
REEDY and good for camouflage:
START the little ark’s journey––its passenger’s
VOICE will bring down an empire.
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Adhesive
VOCAL and nagging, your fears
PRESS into your heart like a
DECAL, smoothing out the bubbles with
GUSTO.
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Closing
CLICK the last pen in place, eyes that
SHONE with tears drying with the signature’s ink.
PLANK and tile, carpet and shingle: coworkers in
ART, SYnonymous with love.
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Ice Storm
CHILI eaten by the light of
TAPER and flashlight assuages the
MOODY made so by the unelectric cold who
SWILL hot chocolate and dream of heat.
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