PARKA pulled close as you
COWER against the knifing cold;
TURBO engines roar at liftoff from the
DUCHY in the north.
An Odd Fish
COWER in kitchen till last moment, forced to serve calamity:
TURBO, misspelled fish adrift on chef’s menu. Shaking proffer to
DUCHY’s puffed up Duke, grown splenetic, long time since famous
PARKA worn in expedition, when he worked for the attention sought.
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COWER, TURBO, DUCHY, PARKA
Some Assembly Required
COVER your face with your hands.
REFER to the instructions; watch them
MORPH away from intelligibility.
TWIRL the tools in hand to fight frustration.
Unjade me
COVER now the weariness of later years.
MORPH to a child. Behold the new with wonder!
TWIRL for no reason: motion, recent option, is delight.
REFER back. Can I replenish, bring forward joy?
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COVER, MORPH, TWIRL, REFER
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EXERT the effort to crush the last
GRAPE so the cup is completely full.
GAUNT faces of mourners can’t see the
THIRD day promised––yet.
Alternate:
Homo Mortifer
GAUNT cannoneers move to deadly choreography,
EXERT their all in deadly trance, keep throwing
GRAPE at enemy ships. Of all engaged, they lose a
THIRD—born to a race that sheds blood on land, in sky, at sea.
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GAUNT, EXERT, GRAPE, THIRD
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CRUST forms when inertia can’t be
QUITE overcome by willpower, but
ALLAY your fears; the fridge light’s
CLICK hides the mold.