FRUIT-cakes, in every term the office-workers are
EQUAL, equal also in the term that is
FERAL, feral in their approach to ordering their
LATTE latterly, not early, like those expecting Summer fruit in Winter.
Marshmallow v. Latte
FRUIT salad-should it have marshmallows?-instinct from bygone decade,
FERAL current of generational change introduces new instinct:
LATTE, the liturgical stop for coffee.
EQUAL instincts? Who knows? Each wellspring is opaque, save marketing’s role.
Top of the Food Chain
FERAL predators in the urban jungle,
LATTE in hand,
EQUAL to none in ambition:
FRUIT borne comes from the root.
2022-08-13 words
FRUIT, FERAL, LATTE, EQUAL
The New Law cometh down upon us
DRYLY the old man told his story: the
KNOCK on the door, the police asking, ‘Did you
SPANK your child?’ His answer, ‘What a
PUREE you make of the law. Of course I spanked my child – fifty years ago.’
Barista
AZURE-eyed, long-haired, and bored,
CAROL served another coffee,
SORRY to see the hours pass so slowly.
SCONE and latte, here for his usual.
Clach na Sgàin
CAROLs sound mid Christmas bustle. At the Abbey shadows flit.
SORRY–no, heavy, Scottish history gains bright chapter: stone of
SCONE seized back, taken home to a land where on sunny days
AZURE sky arcs over heathered hills, down past firths to a deep sea.
2022-08-12 words
CAROL, SORRY, SCONE, AZURE
Kid’s Got Moxie
BERET:
CATTYwampus and fluorescent pink. Parka:
PUFFY, flashy, clashy orange. Kid’s got moxie, flair,
SPUNK-makes a splash. Zowie!
Windy
BERET-ce yourselves, boys, the gales be blowin’
CATTY-cornered to our path, and in a
PUFFY’d be blown away,
SPUN-Klear around like a tornado and gone.