* Shipshod

A fjord of feces on the Ford
Heralds frowardness of this Gerald,
A spear of frowning esprit flung from the sea .

* Inspired by NPR news report : “ Major plumbing headache haunts $13 billion U.S. carrier off the coast of Venezuela . ” January 17, 2026 5:00 AM ET . By Steve Walsh

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Lines

In honor
Of the divine,
The poetic line

Finds harbor
By sum device
Of aesthetic twine

That hogties
Nous with design :
Sounds atavic time .

Din hovers,
Fills the divide,
Rounds pathetic rhyme .

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In All that Wires Us

I feel a veil sickening
Covering me tickle-ing,
Thousands of spiderlings
Striding the drafts of crouping .

The sick and the well :
The grouping .
Not moving ; but removed .

So tired .
Fatigue pats you lovingly,
Murmuring, “ There, there . ”
— “ Shhh . ”

No impetus at all, from all
That inpired prior
The virus .

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The World Is Not Flat

To wit : the earth is polar planated
With the equator inflated, a bit .

No turtles that paddle distantly down;
No planets rattle around terra lown.
No dome with windows flung open to rain;
No storm god in blue scopes an icebound plain.

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Wrong, All the Time

The wrong thinker tinkers,
Wheel out of round . Twisting spokes
To straddle fences, rattling
With spinning plates downtown .

A tired juggler .

A spurting performance
Of ergs out of sync :
Misspoken symbols clash .

Back and forth futility
Crashes to the ground:
The stage indifferent .

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