Aug 22 2025

The Daily Dread



roving gangs of geese
murder chickens by the pond
crime wave gone a fowl



cooled air roller rink
outside humid August night
cold tempest hot storm


all bets have been placed
good or graft on the table
time to show our hand


All ready to reap
Stinky havoc he'll now wreak
As his reek wafts through



Phrazez that Payzez:

Pinned on the fangs of a cottonmouth.

Buckled like a horseshoe belt.

Turn my gallows walk
Into a pleasant stroll

Remembering things
I didn't notice at the time
One of my only regrets
I think

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Aug 21 2025

The Daily Dread



So many things hurt
I stopped dealing with the pain
Learned to be the pain


presenting my new
improved Spud Deluxe spring sky
potato launcher



From mercurial
To mundane maliciousness
A rogues gallery
Narcissistic Neo Con
Nepo Babies on parade

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Aug 20 2025

The Daily Dread



Pressed into service
New recruitment quota met
They sail at sunrise


Misspell things often
Life's too short to sweat spelling
That's my kind of spell


Only takes a peek
No vigil necessary
To see the abyss
Looming up before us all
Executive malfeasance


South Carolina
Militia invades DC
Fort Sumter Redux?


Aug 19 2025

The Daily Dread



it just isn't right
everything's done out of spite
let alone normal



An incessant buzz
Of lies since February
But this too shall pass


The melting pot lie
Sold to all for years on end
See it effervesce
Watch it seethe up and bubble
In all it's grievance glory

Bas-Relief of faces mounted on poles in a sculpture park
Objet de Faces

Aug 16 2025

The Daily Dread



You want a dollar?
Pull down your pants and holler
Internet content
From political cosplay
To shoveled opinion smut

It's a fare for all
Not fair for anybody
Kind of worldwide dare



Pummel my Brummell
Regency era fashion
sense at the rumble



peas porridge hot was
peas porridge cold rain snow in
a pot nine days old


Beau Brummell

Aug 15 2025

The Daily Dread



she would kite a check
with glee then flee leaving me
there holding the bag



Republican ploy
Prehensile pickpocketing
Bribes so they can flee



Candidates practice
Prehensile pickpocketing
To buy elections


melancholia
of departure is the fuel
for my need to flee



No flighty Pixie
More a variety of
bone crush Brunhilde

Brunhilde

Aug 14 2025

The Daily Dread



Déjà all over again
Risk versus rewards
Calculation
Irrational exuberance
Unreasonable expectations
Inflate
A bubble to bursting
Resounding pop resulting
Repercussions
Echoes in a regulatory void
Clipping aspirational wings
Again
Where there is confusion
There's money to be made
For sum



Little risk of a
spontaneous incursion
in this haiku form
so I made it a tanka
To fit verbose verbiage




a flurry of wings
flapping with blood soaked fury
bringing home the wreaths



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