PRISM through which some see the world is a
GAUDY Cubs collectible plaque,
CRAFT beer from Michigan, and
SCORN for Walmart.
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Route 60
TABBY dashes across Route
SIXTY, heedless of the cars
NORTH- and southbound:
NERVEs of steel or reckless abandon?
Tinky-Tonk
CRAFT fair. Baubles without substance.
GAUDY trinkets, trifles, whatnots, and
PRISMs: imitation rainbows. I sneer,
SCORN the tinsel tawdry.
Known Unknowns
PRISM in natural philosopher’s study casts spectrum,
GAUDY bauble to some, yet to reason’s probing, revelation.
CRAFT of thinking builds on known, ventures farther, unknots tangled mysteries.
SCORN for philosopher or priest will arise in time, harder unknowns left behind, assumed as understood.
The Serpent
TORUS of abandoned tire now
VIPER nest, drainage
VALVE perfect route from which to
VAUNT over terrorized locals.
Wonders All
TORUS, form from geometers dream,
VIPER, slithers by, calls for caution,
VALVE, engineered to govern flow,
VAUNT shape! Vaunt creature! Vaunt invention! Wonders all.
Forked Tongue
TORUS-curled words from a
VIPER’s forked tongue:
VAUNT of empty air without
VALVE to stem the flow.
Final Concert
GAUNT the aged pianist sat,
(SMELL of soap, once standard in all homes);
SHONE the sounds from fingers wracked, of
FLAILed keys fiercely struck.
Ahead of the Game?
AHEAD of the game – or not
GRIND away 9-5
HOARD up for tomorrow
WOOER of woes, this materialist life
Wooer of Wealth
WOOER of wealth,
HOARD not fine health. Finely
GRIND spirit, mind- well
AHEAD of thy deathbed
GAUNT are the eyes that once
SHONE bright. And can you
SMELL the fear of one whose wings now feebly
FLAIL?