‘WOKEN’, Old English still pulses in your shift from ‘wake’,
SCALE of inflection makes you a relic among verbs.
BLUFF their way past you, modern speakers do,
FLING ‘awakened’ about, steer clear of queasy changes in the stem.
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Playing with fire
Shake the snake and break it, DRUID!
SWELL, pour out all its fluid.
Once nailed to the stake, the SNAKE,
CRUELly treated, may prove devil’s fruitcake.
Carpe diem
WOKEN from a too short sleep, I heroically
SCALE a cliff (a.k.a menial tasks I didn’t want to do)
BLUFF my way through a meeting I wasn’t prepared for,
FLING my unread emails to the wind and go back to bed.
No Antidote
DRUID with all his lore, in moment’s distraction tastes
CRUELty of creation’s estate. Fangs sink into arm,
SWELL begins in instant, time stopping on an edge. He watches
SNAKE wriggle away. Sometimes, creation’s dispensary holds poison only, no antidote upon its shelves.
Diaspora
DRUID, the last one, mutters
CRUEL invective against the newcomers, whose numbers and power
SWELL like the seas, pushing them out like
SNAKEs slithering, seeking warmth.
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Retry with Kindness
GLEAM and gloat if you must. Your
SNIDE remarks were
BLUNT, bruising- like a hammer. Now
RETRY with kindness. It cuts like a knife to the bane, the brute- curing blindness.
Make it Cool
GLEAM of idea strikes inventors brain.
BLUNT critiques have brought near surrender,
SNIDE jests have robbed his joy. Yet
RETRY he will. Finally make the Segway cool.
Temptation
GLEAM in the eye like the glint off a gun barrel,
BLUNT and subtle as that gun’s blast.
SNIDE comments to self are halfhearted restraints as worthless as
RETRYing a torn parachute.
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Chase…
‘Is this a CHAFE MOVIE,’ asked the lisper?
‘Hang on, I’ll ANNEX it online and
TRACK the information down.’
‘Don’t worry,
I found it on my phone. It is a CHAFE MOVIE.’
Renewing the Time
ANNEX these next few hours to circle a
TRACK in the park, browse a used bookstore,
CHAFE at the guy talking too loudly on his phone,
MOVIE to end the night.