Oceananigans I and Ii

I. Ode the thrill of a tango curled in clutches sleek Elegance, a prerequisite Add on a spun euphoria Nimble is a turgid swoon! Arms conduct to the aria New skin, feels no tocsin It's deeply in a you and i Glazed, to the tightening and a strangling organza Necked into a suffocation So go the tunnel deaths… (1/27/2021: '02 Silverton MY; Alameda ...contest theme was murder in the tunnel) II. Ornately, I gild over my days a’ la fresco Carefully, I wield molten gold, enigmatic Elaborate must these life undulations be as metallic sheen screens all insipid aura New cantankerous crack? Just weld upon and smooth the jagged with flowing flora Now the feckless plaster sparkles golden I spurn mawkish, like the silvered literati glossing my craven, to caverns gleaming Aurum weaves, in its narcissistic miasma Nothing malodorous in self-love / loathin’ So imperious my bombastic art, it glazes! (8.17.21 Redone at Willow Berm and DBW; theme was Craig’s Broken contest relating to Kintsugi)