Curtal Sonnet

  The Scapegoat Their memories select the bad, forget The good. Their hypersensitivity And need for higher maintenance won't let Their feelings dwell on positivity. They lay you out and flay you out to save Their cultic souls from self-reflecting doom, Ignoring facts, inventing ways to tar And feather you,...

. The Prestige of the Puppet-Master To be deceived must bring some satisfaction, For all are well aware of the illusion Yet most will play the dupe quite willingly; Indeed, they’ll pay good coin for cheap distraction, Preferring the excitements of confusion To the drab wasteland of sobriety. But let...

  Scrabble-ism One night I was hangin’ with Len, Eating and watching t.v. All the pizza rolls gone, I then Suggested Monopoly. “That game is all luck!” he then said, Voice revealing some anger. “Scrabble,” Len suggested instead, To which “yes” was my answer. Scrabble is, no doubt, a great...