Recluse By Dint of Circumstance
Heretic condemned to burn at stake
reprieve eleventh hour granted clemency
commuted death penalty
criminal sentenced solitary isolation
rat infested dungeon ultimate punishment
doled out after protracted proceedings
courtesy amazing graceful puffed dragon
unwittingly delivered merciful respite.
Cowled ascetic busied himself
exotic gaseous/ liquified potions
tumbled, gurgled, bubbled...
lethal skull and crossbones
labeled mixtures especially intriguing
adept alchemist expert
possessed sixth sense
discerning deadly
scorpion stinging poisons
abracadabra wizardry
magic spell cast
rendered, kindled, eased
tormentors severity
spellbound granted salvation.
Hands of father time
painstakingly elapsed amidst
flickr ring torchlight
grotesquely accentuating
exaggerating ferociously
pantomiming silhouettes courtesy
hungry skittering varmints
hurriedly scurried to and fro
artfully dodging explosive solutions
shackled prisoner lobbed
kindly linkedin liberal short chain
leashed abysmal isolated confinement
former courtly poet
eats equaled bread and thin gruel
rational thinking
wrought eventual madness.
Stormy (Daniels) reign
came and went
accompanying barren
cruel don, trumpeting
issuing expansion fiat
wielding, gesticulating, brandishing...
ironclad golf club spouting art of the deal,
whereby might versus right
simultaneously Putin on the ritz
song and dance routine
crooning Ivana mock up Earth
(analogous net tinned yahoo)
to bad semite disagree,
especially statesman christened
Elijah Cummings
regarding eminent domain
dominion, he forcibly
relocated natives to Cajun shelters
charging them admission fees
manumission granted serving
white supremacist
conveniently optioning
kids as scapegoats
MA GA (migrants)
grunts passive perfect targets
no matter forbears indigenous
to America unfortunately
been man-date n to bite bullet
within badlands of El Paso
meanwhile oblivious hermit aging
rusted manacles granted no resistance
timely manumission lovely bones restored
swallowed potion frothing colorful brew
contrived exquisite firearms
broached out Alcatraz replica
free and clear
fresh air revived
fifty shades of gray
immediately sieged moment
weakly hollered carpe diem
elixir imbued immunity
against taken hostage at gunpoint
freedmen impressed into service
while waved magic wand
whereby enslaved women
retaliated hashtagged misogynistic
took appropriate revenge
as apprenticed warrioresses!
Copyright © Matthew Harris | Year Posted 2019
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