DEBUT, HOARD, SILLY, UPPER
Brief and to the point
The
LUPUS diagnosis en-
ABLED
SALLY to stay
ALIVE.
2023-07-17 words
LUPUS, ALIVE, SALLY, ABLED
Evening meal
SALTY soup boils on our gas-fired stove, a hock of pork a
SLOOP on a broiling potato sea. The kitchen’s face is
STEAMing. My sweating mother sees me, stops me,
TRUSSes my arms to my side: “I know your taste buds’re itchin.’”
Portrait of a Bygone Harbor
STEAM ships barrel in and out,
SALTY air, crying gulls matching the capitalist energy.
SLOOP more leisurely embarks.
TRUSS the rigging, sea’s bouncing today.
2023-07-16 words
STEAM, SALTY, SLOOP, TRUSS
Home alone
HEAVY-handed Frederick in his wife’s
FRILLy apron loads the dishes in the
FALSE-fronted dishwasher, sets the
CYCLE as he wishes. The water swishes.
2023-07-15 words
CYCLE, FALSE, FRILL, HEAVY
Tucker
LIBEL case involving star
CABLE news reporter
WREAKs havoc on the entire
SCOPE of their viewing demographic.
Your Call is Important to Us
BASTE an entire turkey while my
QUERY with customer service falls behind the
SNAIL on its way somewhere conclusive, Augustine’s
PEARS less tempting than rage for still being on hold.