Playing With Words Under Fire

i faint tiles fall on me bury me words like star-floaters i pop but less shaky hands sizzle-scintillate those hands arrange and rearrange bittersweet flowers and baby’s breath the rapid eye movement of a painter’s gun passionate splotches cover me before i blink sos one serendipitous word sensational bonus of fifty points neon sign euphoriants — i lift my opponent cheats teases my tiles through skeletal-fingers rattling me places them in a line flicks her pointer and the dominoes tumble and turn the dictionary and thesaurus bluster until they lose their breath my face burns 9/29/2018 Contest sponsored by Caren Krutsinger