Category: ohthatwright

Maybe Today

BUSHY beard, long nails, dark bags under eyes,
WORRY consumed, walls closer now, hope is slender.
PATIO? Should I go out into the sun? And if so,
SHAVE first? Take a step?

Worshipper of Mars

REEDY voiced Patton, inextricably both martinet and maverick,
VOICE high, swearing a streak, because warriors swear,
CURVE of gleaming helmet liner, ivory pistol grips, blending with
START of battle in feral drive, never letting up, hard charging worshipper of Mars.

Decal of a Fish

VOCAL about truth, yet quick to slander,
PRESS bias decrying, even so partial only to one’s tribe,
GUSTO for a past estate, exactly none for present day.
DECAL of a fish on the car, opaque cipher, meaning less and less.

They Blink

PLANK in my eye, yet
SHONE as disgraced to me the
ARTSY fakers, the influencers, the sham
CLICK mongers, blinking with their grains of sand.

Dragon’s Breath

TAPER flickering in the night air,
MOODY Welsh farmer goes out to check on
CHILI tree. Dragon’s Breath is gathering strength.
SWILL milk all you want, there will be no defusing it.

https://www.iflscience.com/welsh-farmer-accidentally-creates-worlds-hottest-chili-41722

The scientists believe that if you tried to actually eat this chili, your airways would likely close up from the burn and you’d go into anaphylactic shock and die. However, that doesn’t mean it isn’t a force for good, not evil.

Aider of the Lost Ark

AIDER of the lost ark, so he intuits. The reflex
RIPENs in Uzzah’s brain, shoots down spine.
VISTA, sliding ark met by hands rising and last sight:
WHEEL, jammed, lurches forward–then the deadly jolt.

2 Samuel 6:6-7

The Lesser Versailles

CANDY the outbuildings with paint and ornament,
PRIVY is still a privy, the handyman thinks, painting
NINTH stencil on its side. He finds it all too precious.
DRIER wits will henceforth call it “the Lesser Versailles”.

Speaker of the House

NURSE ambitions, while slamming shutters to the soul.
LEARN blanketing darkness, grinding step by step, shrink to
BITTY horizon, till there’s nothing beyond today’s desire,
CRUDE purpose, of no value to you or anyone else.