December 12, 2014 
Comments Off on and that’s why he needed an Ark
the sea went missing
way before Moses,
~evaporated~
I supposes,
returning to
a cloudy sky–
–leaving desert
high & dry,
compelling
would-be
could-be
swimmers,
surfers
waders
skinny
dippers,
skiers
sailors
cruise ship
skippers,
to wait for
rainfall
tied in bow-ses,
ahead
of skimmin’
l’eau
with toe-ses.
©Karen Robiscoe
prompt: gone missing
December 10, 2014 Comments Off on Better Off in the Base-Meant
the tore-nado hits
when we’re in the
wreck room
(playing house)
and though we run
for a portal—
it’s sticks!
foregoing
door jamb
–when a gale breaks the glass—
(house)
and opting for
the sudden wind-OW
(Toto, too, roofing all over the house like mad)
we make our escape
onto the balcony,
not a shingle second too soon
(so we thought)
until the storm
terr-ace
a new
alcove…
©Karen Robiscoe
December 4, 2014 Comments Off on Maid Merry End
when does a “to do” list
become a bucket list,
a “must do this”
but “f*ck that” list…
when “to do”
or “to die”
is today
or to try, lest–
passing years
find ink just
dried grist
a tucked-into-pocket
reason to sigh, since
wish without action
is stuck in the mud, it’s
just up to you
not luck
or a near miss…
©Karen Robiscoe
December 4, 2014 Comments Off on the 3rd Bird
A pigeon whose bridge is
wire in blue
admires the newsprint
absorbing his poo
warbling his Window
–seat’s truer than true
cooing a moot streak
in doody-ful spew…
while bird who’s invested
in feathering nest is
best at peacocking
and puffing your breast
pretending & mocking
with zeal and zest
as long as this effort
furthers his quest…
but peckers are
wreckers, their
song just affect
an advance in pecking
to subsequent deck
a pat, pretty phrase
you’ve come to expect
a characteristic
they’ve come to perfect
since parrot can praise
but can’t give a feck…
©Karen Robiscoe
November 28, 2014 Comments Off on do the Math
/ divided /
my parts
are greater than holes
~inside~
that find
me
lacking some roles…
(together)
this difference
is sum 1
a↔ part
(that adds up)
2
X
a factor 4
(which multiplied)
2x
by zero
produces→
X’s & O’s
an answer
conclusive…
©Karen Robiscoe
November 26, 2014 Comments Off on Turduck…or not Turduck
duck is dandy,
chicken fine,
turkey tasty,
~let’s combine~
the 3
–with dressing!
/ cuttin’ skills /
tho’ some might say
that’s overkill
Chicken Little,
Foghorn, too,
Daffy Duck
would all eschew–
this triple decker
>^^< like a cat >^^<
instead suggest
a nice Big Mac,
made from Clara-
-belle bovine!
(fact’ry farmed)
’til killin’ time,
ammonia-dipped
and added to
GMOs!
so good for you
wrapped like hearts
in extra phat
(the end result)
to eating that
stuffed as shirts
of corporate sellah’
–completely free–
of salmonella…
©Karen Robiscoe
prompt: hard to make
November 26, 2014 Comments Off on Alice who?
Not much to offer
I’m light in the coffer–
–but sakes! what a coif I affect…
an updo
~undone~
the bunny-est bun
with
/ tendrils /
to grace my longneck…
It mussed in the gust
(& needs to be brushed)
as a long trail I rushed–
–of white hare…
Consumed with the clockwork
(& random ad-hoc work)
that rabbits-that-talk work–
–can snare…
A clerk for the queen
(who’s light on Brylcreem)
to this end
~and my own~
I’m a runner–
–2 fête without map
(I don’t give a crap)
since rabbitty chap
is a wonder…
©Karen Robiscoe
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