SLUSH, YIELD, REVUE, REPEL
Repair Job
PLIER marks from a million times I had to
RESET the grip on the bolt made the edges
FUZZY, but at least the noise that kept us
AWAKE has changed keys.
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Life’s Limits
FUZZY dreams lingering at dawn, head seems filled by
PLIER of counterfeit visions; vapors yet have such pull.
AWAKE, I face narrow choices, each made without
RESET or redo. Fluid dreams give way to life’s limits.
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FUZZY, PLIER, AWAKE, RESET
Slow Boat Chase
ELUDE I the Doge’s men again, as my
ELFIN graced gondoliere bests pursuit? Or:
WRECK of my fortunes, capture, swift judgment,
CANAL then crossed sighing on bridge of sighs.
Earworm
ELFIN fish dart in and out of the
WRECK strewn across the ancient
CANAL. A family of predators is hard to
ELUDE…doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
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ELUDE, ELFIN, WRECK, CANAL
If you fail at one thing…
FRANK, me old mate, the blacksmith working at the
FORGE, isn’t much of an artisan; truth to tell he’s a bit of a
PLANK, but boy, can he make a beast of a bonny
SALSA!
Captain Jack Minnow
PLANK I walk narrowly now for failed
SALSA heist upon seas of Spanish Main.
FRANK marineros give me odds of death, yet of a sternness I am
FORGEd. Captain Jack Minnow swims to the Isle of Tortuga, hands tied behind back.
Daddy Frank
FRANK could play anything from country to
SALSA, and though his dear wife was deaf, they
FORGEd ahead making music a major
PLANK in the family platform.
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