…
Hadley,
on his first day in Milan,
professed to hate his mother
(rosy-cheeked, brown-eyed, red-haired,
with a nurturing instinct).
Under bombardment
(chocolate and cigarettes),
Ring Lardner, Jr.
mirrored her energy and enthusiasm,
a pattern of abandoning a wife
before she
a
band
oned
him.
Seven rungs:
(bedroom, home)
a need for re
cup
eration.
..
Penned solely from Shawna’s cool word list.
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Love the chocolate and cigarettes bombardment!
You astonish me.
This is now my favorite-ist verb. Ever.
Love the story you made out of the words here. Very creative. I love the way you split up the recuperation… it’s so stretched out one doubts he’ll ever really get it.
That is just about the best title ever.