The
BELLE of the ball sadly has
DROWNed in a pool full of
ALGAE, with nary a sound. Let’s
HEIST (I mean hoist) her onto the ground.
Death by drowning
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Watery Heist
HEIST Neptune’s treasury? Perhaps. Yet thief must
DROWN, descend to depths past light, past
ALGAE, steal the sunken horde, ascend hoping
BELLE, lady of the reef, deigns a kiss for his revival. Then he must quit the sea, never turn his back on a trident.
Belle of the Sea
BELLE of the sea wears her
ALGAE-green gown and white bonnets:
DROWNed in adventure, pirate
HEIST in her lifeblood.
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A Bit of Form
SNEAK a rhyme in there on the sly,
OTHERs thought you wouldn’t try:
VERSE for you is free, form organic,
BADGE for having formalled, sans panic.
Clandestine
VERSEd and trained to
SNEAK past notice, clandestine
BADGE and medal avoidance;
OTHERs may have the limelight
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Missing C
BILLY, that pleb, stands sole without a C today, while
ULCER, RACER, MINCE hoity-toity sit in C array.
RACER, ULCER, MINCE say C is here to stay, else
MINE, RA-ER, UL-ER, says Bill, will be all they say.
Hodgepodge 2
MINCE followed by meat in association game,
RACER by back, is that straps crossed?
BILLY, well, goat, Bob, or club-wrong spelling for Holiday,
ULCER, that one gives pause, preceded by peptic, yet succeeded by . . .? What a pain in the gut is ULCER!
Stumble
BILLY club to the gut of sophistication leaves an
ULCER whose acid eats away at arrogance and
MINCEs the bloated self-delusion of pride:
RACE Run only to stumble paces from the finish.
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Whim
LOWLY member of the medical corps
SWORE loudly when an officer called him
CHAFF and ordered him to scarper for the
PAPER, that truly, he only wanted on a whim.
Commitment
CHAFF promised, tumbleweed
SWORE: both esteemed to be
LOWLY, but neither willing to commit to
PAPER and ink.
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