Splendor

Sordid splendor.
Night descender.
Votive vendor.
Deed pretender

On a bender.
Safe surrender.
My contender.
Will defender.

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

Frozen fellows in disarray.
Dressed in morose
Hues of wool.
Don’t be a fool.

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

What 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 formal dance,

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