Growth

STIFF hairbrush braises my scalp –
QUOTH my mother, as of yore:
‘MUCKY little beast, clean up, or I’ll drive a
WEDGE between your hair and your brain.’

The Axe of Divine Will

STIFF bulrushes keep crocs out; basket nestler will soon speak, a
QUOTHer of the quothiest words: fiats, ilocutions from on high.
MUCKY Nile a strange place for this story to start, but election is a
WEDGE, the axe of divine will splitting into a groaning world.

Bad Chemistry

IONIC bonding, molecular weights: such things
DAUNT me more than asking out Alicia Stevens, so I
BRIBE Simon Grandfield to help get my grade
NORTH of a C-.