Once I acCRUDE some understanding in this hospital, I
LEARNed that a little bitty knowledge of the
NURSE’s daily workload goes a long way to getting a
BITTY – a little bitty – more help with my post-op struggles.
Learn to Discern
LEARN to discern between
CRUDE and rude, else my
BITTY brain under strain may
NURSE a blight that is merely a slight
Speaker of the House
NURSE ambitions, while slamming shutters to the soul.
LEARN blanketing darkness, grinding step by step, shrink to
BITTY horizon, till there’s nothing beyond today’s desire,
CRUDE purpose, of no value to you or anyone else.
Needlepoint
NURSE approaches with news; I
LEARN a shot is necessary. Little
BITTY needle, I’m assured.
CRUDE language shakes the windows when I see it.
2023-01-06 words
NURSE, LEARN, BITTY, CRUDE
Like a vapor dispersed
SUAVE, jaunty, debonair? Or,
PASTY, uncertain, jumbled? Some
BYLAW of fate may contain the pronouncement.
BLINK, though, and whichever it is, you’ll have missed it: we are vapor.
Changing rules
SUAVE executive meets
PASTY clerk to rewrite
BYLAW for procedural clarification in the
BLINK of an eye.
Lawyer
SUAVE self-appointed parliamentarian armed with
BYLAW and point of order and motion;
PASTY, sweaty, and pale when the meeting ends in the
BLINK of an eye.
2023-01-05 words
SUAVE, PASTY, BYLAW, BLINK
Bad Jump
HARSH, black space—survey craft appears from jump.
SHORT peace, then crew alarms, sensors blare.
KAPPA may be constant, but tensor here shows local space evilly curved,
SOBERest of questions: far enough from black hole to claw away?