ANAGRAMMATICALLY SPEAKING: NECK DYE SPY
(PROBLEMS OF MUM-DESIGNER ’S EMOTIONAL UPSET)
Mum carefully inspects son’s neck for dirt;
Pays medical injury expense for his leg-joints hurt.
Good boat-design preserves celestial view above;
But forgot keys for furniture in house-move.
Use fast and energetic internet writing;
Watch for bad stains on material due to crying.
Peek, spy, seek neck’s speck;
See knees spend dense pence.
Deep end-deck keeps sky-scene seen;
Pesky desk needs keys . Send!
Speed-pens need dynes! Yes, seek Skype!
Eyes peed. Spy dye seep deep.
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Written by Sydney Peck
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NOTES
This busy mum has many problems in the first stanza, all of which are
expressed in anagram-form in the second stanza.
Each anagram word is formed from letters in “sydneypeck”
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