Immolate
31 October 2005
Monday, 3:46 PM
by the tenth inning
I began to consider
self-immolation
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Malediction
28 October 2005
Friday, 5:23 PM
a malediction
placed on the state of Texas:
vegetarians!
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Mawkish
27 October 2005
Thursday, 4:30 PM
dad sighed mawkishly
“my little girl has grown up”
he shook the pimp’s hand
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Virago
26 October 2005
Wednesday, 10:03 AM
seeing G.I. Jane
emboldened this virago
to stab Ridley Scott
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Bruit
25 October 2005
Tuesday, 7:34 PM
his hair was perfect
but it was widely bruited
that his skin was fake
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Loquacious
24 October 2005
Monday, 6:47 PM
those silly surgeons
if they were less loquacious
I’d still be alive
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Lexicon
21 October 2005
Friday, 4:29 PM
“shower-fresh feeling&rdquo
never did quite find a home
in his lexicon
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Tocsin
20 October 2005
Thursday, 9:17 PM
go sound the tocsin
our son has escaped his crib
with a taste for blood
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Pelf
19 October 2005
Wednesday, 8:41 PM
the collection plate
fills the bellies of the poor
and keeps me in pelf
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Votary
18 October 2005
Tuesday, 8:32 PM
his father-in-law
a basketball votary
owns many tube socks
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Aberrant
17 October 2005
Monday, 8:13 PM
when Jack the Ripper
was described as aberrant
his feelings were hurt
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Sinecure
14 October 2005
Friday, 8:02 PM
we’ll just set him up
with some kind of sinecure
since he has no legs
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Conurbation
13 October 2005
Thursday, 7:11 PM
the neighborhood watch
keeps this conurbation safe
from flesh-eating slugs
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Gewgaw
12 October 2005
Wednesday, 4:15 PM
his final moments
were smothered under a pile
of gift shop gewgaws
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Palpable
11 October 2005
Tuesday, 3:00 PM
the crowd’s gaze was fixed
the drama was palpable
fur would fly tonight
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Laconic
10 October 2005
Monday, 2:56 PM
laconic response
to a bouquet of roses:
“I’m calling the cops.”
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Onus
07 October 2005
Friday, 6:18 PM
they dread the onus
of college graduation?
oh, they’re art students
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Sempiternal
06 October 2005
Thursday, 6:09 PM
the resplendence of
nature is sempiternal
and so is Ric Flair
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Beneficence
05 October 2005
Wednesday, 5:36 PM
you strangled my wife
I will not forget this act
of beneficence
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Inchoate
04 October 2005
Tuesday, 4:38 PM
this inchoate cast
will bear the likeness of Christ
once I get some yarn
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Effulgence
03 October 2005
Monday, 10:56 AM
effulgent sports cars
the essence of every film
starring Corey Haim