Closing Time

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So a strophe and a spondee
walk into a bar,
and order a round
(-elay).Bartender deals them up a
couple of rum
-bled phrases, heads to the back
to crack open another case of beer
and a jar of olives for the
smarty-pants lovebird antonym ana
-pests in the corner booth. Truth

be told
(reported bold, and slightly slurred
after a third round of dangerous
villanelles), these two can barely
keep their
…………(feet)
hands off of each other. By mid
-night, the stories and the secrets
and the fibs fly fast, threaded
through with taradiddle and dactyls.

Fractals of fact:
– her favorite brother’s getting married,
…..despite her family’s warnings and laments;
– he’s fighting a wave of depression, the scent
………….of rain,
………and the Poe(m) of nevermore.

They’re a collision of clouds
waiting to clash, a tidal wave of first
impressions and second chance,
a portrait of perhaps-abilities.

One glance, and she knows
she’ll never stop memorizing
his pantoum eyes
and his cantor cough.

But by 1am, they’re all
…………………….cut off.

 

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Poetic Asides April PAD Challenge, day 30. Whew. This is the one with all the prompts. Congratulations to all who finished a full month of poeming! 

 

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