SERVE, FILLY, CLOSE, AROMA
The Veil of Night
THROB and thrum of party carries on evening air.
COYLY, night withholds its message; instead
ENSUEs variety: many sleep, some make love, some fret, some few slink.
ABOVE, eyes needing no light trace a story we cannot see through the dark.
Comedic Sedition
ABOVE the conniving, the masses
THROB with envious sedition,
COYLY wink at each other; the King’s laughter
ENSUEs.
2022-09-16 words
THROB, COYLY, ENSUE, ABOVE
The hostess is a little anxious.
EBONY – I mean anybody – can sit on the
CONCH – sorry, couch. Conches are uncomfortable. Just
ATTIC – I mean a tick, and I’ll get the
STAFF – I mean stuff – we’re eating for dinner.
Hodgepodge 3, Homage to Piggy
ATTIC: top of a house in Athens, doubly denoted,
EBONY: and ivory living in perfect harmony on my piano,
STAFF: You. Cannot. Pass! Thunk.
CONCH: Oh, Piggy-crushed by the woe of a fallen world.
Relics
EBONY chest, dusty from decades in the
ATTIC, rests patiently with its treasures within:
CONCH from the tropics, teeth and claws from the jungle,
STAFF from the icy mountains climbed long ago.
2022-09-15 words
ATTIC, EBONY, STAFF, CONCH
Unexpected
STILTS my head was tottering on;
CAPER my soul did, at an awkward
ANGLE, the night I saw the staid pastor,
CIGAR in mouth, smoking in a manner untoward.
Dragon on Stilts
ANGLE on life: carefree and playful, Grab
CIGAR from humidor, then up onto, one hop,
STILTs, in TRex costume, all swooshy step.
CAPER! Littlest kids will recall a dragon’s strut.