Wheedle
30 November 2005
Wednesday, 12:26 PM
crucial trade secrets
can’t be wheedled out of me
but I’ll accept cash
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Billet-doux
29 November 2005
Tuesday, 8:38 AM
we have not seen Frank
since he sent that billet-doux
to the president
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Lassitude
28 November 2005
Monday, 4:18 PM
woebegone widow
Ethel’s lassitude belies
her speed addiction
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Soporific
25 November 2005
Friday, 2:03 PM
he cannot sit through
this soporific movie
devoid of bare breasts
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Repast
24 November 2005
Thursday, 11:55 AM
since you are vegan
I have prepared this repast
of shredded newsprint
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Crepuscular
23 November 2005
Wednesday, 3:07 PM
Trans Am headlights pierce
the thick crepuscular mist
questing for tube tops
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Maelstrom
22 November 2005
Tuesday, 11:25 AM
The Beatles entered
resulting in a maelstrom
since two are corpses
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Subterfuge
21 November 2005
Monday, 1:43 PM
milkshake subterfuge
the one surefire way to get
B.A. on a plane
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Lambent
18 November 2005
Friday, 4:21 PM
now concealed beneath
the lambent waves of the lake
Charles waited for dawn
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Rubicund
17 November 2005
Thursday, 2:41 PM
still rubicund from
Monday’s codpiece incident
Jill stayed home last night
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Prestidigitation
16 November 2005
Wednesday, 1:59 PM
the children all loved
his prestidigitation
but his teeth scared them
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Kobold
15 November 2005
Tuesday, 12:16 PM
from under my bed
a kobold snarled in contempt
at my taste in shoes
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Aplomb
14 November 2005
Monday, 6:00 PM
your renowned aplomb
couldn’t fend off syphilis
could it, Mr. Bond?
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Puissant
11 November 2005
Friday, 2:48 PM
spiked punch, icy stare
with a puissant uppercut
the prom was over
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Laudable
10 November 2005
Thursday, 1:29 PM
your laudable goal
of keeping the dolphins safe
makes my stomach growl
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Oneiric
09 November 2005
Wednesday, 7:31 PM
though she was backlit
in a warm oneiric haze
we still opened fire
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Nosegay
08 November 2005
Tuesday, 7:16 PM
when presented with
a large, exquisite nosegay
Hercules disrobed
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Propitious
07 November 2005
Monday, 7:02 PM
petrified mangos
though not propitious for juice
can be thrown at cops
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Dapple
04 November 2005
Friday, 6:30 PM
her delicate skin
dappled by the disco ball
hides its jaundice well
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Mores
03 November 2005
Thursday, 4:47 PM
the stringent mores
of my son’s little league team
reject Calvinism