MOODY, playing Fagin, lights the
TAPER. Fellow actors note the stench of
CHILI, reel from the pre-performance
SWILL of a beer or two too many.
Dragon’s Breath
TAPER flickering in the night air,
MOODY Welsh farmer goes out to check on
CHILI tree. Dragon’s Breath is gathering strength.
SWILL milk all you want, there will be no defusing it.
Hot Sauce Gone Wrong
TAPER the peppers lest an already
MOODY date turn irrevocably darker, just like the
CHILI, which you’ve made way too hot, a
SWILL guaranteed to ruin the evening.
Ice Storm
CHILI eaten by the light of
TAPER and flashlight assuages the
MOODY made so by the unelectric cold who
SWILL hot chocolate and dream of heat.
2023-01-10 words
TAPER, MOODY, CHILI, SWILL
Aider of the Lost Ark
AIDER of the lost ark, so he intuits. The reflex
RIPENs in Uzzah’s brain, shoots down spine.
VISTA, sliding ark met by hands rising and last sight:
WHEEL, jammed, lurches forward–then the deadly jolt.
Snowballing Grace
AIDER can, with long, patient practice,
RIPEN into a full fledged encourager.
VISTA for kindness opportunities wide open,
WHEEL of grace starts to roll.
The Vista so Grand
AIDER in tilling the land,
WHEEL your way up to the
VISTA so grand that your fruits will
RIPEN before you even as awestruck you stand.
Jake
AID ERrant knight Roland, for ka is a
WHEEL, and Jericho Hill gives way to a new
VISTA: the desert. Then hope and love
RIPEN with the advent of Jake.
2023-01-09 words
AIDER, RIPEN, VISTA, WHEEL