Misconstrue Miscue

Melee, mire, mad mistletoe.
Amiss, misconstrued?
Meltdown reactor, mellow?
Morning, dawn miscued?

Urgency, how you came in.
Blanch blank lightning pin.
Sycamore the serried sin.
Crater's rim, blind bin.

Abscond, pond, wild wizard's wand.
Lizard idol weird.
Boundless basilisk, braid bond.
Doubtless disappeared.

Bay leaf, beckoning light, bent.
Apostles in black.
Berserker, the basalt pshent.
Chasm dark, the crack.

Tympanic temper-fount, sound.
Sonic fire, coat nerves.
Little mountain, mound resound!
He who avoids swerves.

Mechanize, our armies!
Together stand and fight!
Belay, malaise! Trees, trapeze!
Otherwise good night!

Immortal! The portal prays!
Languid legs a-splays!
Lachrymose lark, sing always!
Grizzly bears may graze!

Mackerel falls, thy seas! Salmon:
Better that you live.
Setting, rising? Sun, on stun?
Grit, pittance? Safe, shiv?

Falcon, flight. Polite, fright? Why?
Good to listen up.
Welder's arc, do or die? Lye.
Code crayon covenant's cup...
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