Splendor

Splatter splendor
Never ender
Lunge extender
Deed pretender

On a bender
Sweet surrender
My contender
Will defender

Prickly demon
I don’t see one
Milking freon
From the fray

Peaceful purpose
Dressed in morose
Hues of wool.
Don’t be a fool.

Fix your hair.
Straighten your collar.
Here’s a dollar
For a shoe shine.

Once was mine,
Now open for all.
Wasps have the gall
To leave a sting,

A flitting wing
And flirty duty.
What a beauty,
This dance,

A waltz with elephants
In ballrooms
of covered mirrors
And pleated pants.
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7/13/21