FILET mignon for my birthday sits
DULLY on my plate, uneaten as an
IRATE customer nearby rages about service and
NOSEY spectators pull out their phones to record.
2023-07-14 words
LIBEL, CABLE, WREAK, SCOPE
L’escargot
Inspired by an episode of The Andy Griffith Show.
2023-07-13 words
BASTE, QUERY, SNAIL, PEAR
Aquariama
Our
BLOATed goldfish gained great weight, with
FROTH above, below, from his heavy wake, seemed
MANGA in his comic style, but in his piteous
VOICE meanwhile, reviled, ‘Don’t mock me, give me better flakes!’
Overboard
BLOATed wounds chumming the water, a
MAN, GAsping for each last breath
FROTHing on the white-capped waves,
VOICEs a rasping cry for help.
2023-07-12 words
VOICE, MANGA, FROTH, BLOAT
2023-07-11 words
MODEL, AISLE, LIMBO, TULLE
Customer abused
Here in the restaurant I stare at my plate, DULLY,
Say, ‘On no account did I order beef FILET, Rosie –
Yes, your service has made me IRATE, Wally –
You say what? Hmm, is that a bruisy on your NOSEY?’
2023-07-10 words
FILET, DULLY, IRATE, NOSEY