Wonders All

TORUS, form from geometers dream,
VIPER, slithers by, calls for caution,
VALVE, engineered to govern flow,
VAUNT shape! Vaunt creature! Vaunt invention! Wonders all.

Final Concert

GAUNT the aged pianist sat,
(SMELL of soap, once standard in all homes);
SHONE the sounds from fingers wracked, of
FLAILed keys fiercely struck.

Night Attack

FLAILing against dark bodies, a moment whose dreams will leave me panic-
GAUNT. One moment asleep, the next fighting the unseen.
SMELL the skirmishers, yes, but ours or theirs?
SHONE the light next morning: a third of my brothers missing at roll.

Last Day of School

FLAIL your limbs, young men and yapping labs! Race uphill and
SMELL – Lap up sweet scents of fescue and freesia.
GAUNT-cheeked no longer by rigid recitation, but again 
SHONE the freedom of happy abandon.