Dark Conception

STEEL glinting in the headlights’ glare over the
KNOLL where the black car, indistinguishable from the
GLOOM, becomes the midwives for a nascent
FELON, unbeknownst to even himself.

Shifting the odd bison

A
SAINT who makes practical his SPORT
by
USING his strength to shift the odd BISON,
finds it
HEFTY a task, and lengthy a QUOTA –
Sees it
DEBIT his pay packet, like decimal to OCTAL.

Octal Census

OCTAL system devised by pinkie-less scribes cataloging
SAINTs. There are 100, also 64. which puts
HEFTY hit on the old cortex-you feel thickheaded like a
BISON first time you hear it, hardly stopping to wonder why the saint count is so, um, small.

Charge

nOCTurnAL sentries spy the rushing hordes: like
BISON stampeding on the plains.
SAINTs implored, icons kissed, and
HEFTY weapons readied for the onslaught.

Sport Mad

DEBIT required of treasury of merit (if it existed):
SPORT mad parents, with this much effort could teach children the world, yet
QUOTA of trophies and camps and wins is never full,
USING up themselves and family in hectic chase.

Ssss…snake

CRICK in the neck after my crazed horse
SHIED at the snake slung on a branch. The
VENOM is mild; I can still make it to the
VENUE in time, all the while looking sideways.