
Lemon eyes
squeezed
shut
hard…’til
tarts sting them
mixing
2 parts
sugared speech,
1 part dry ice,
and
dashes
— —
4 refresh.
©Karen Robiscoe

A sign apologizing for the inconvenience of a computer upgrade
in a dermatologist’s office was as biblical as it was misspelled:
Thanks, for you’re patients…
♦ a new red dress can redress much ♦
a new address can add•le you initially, until it’s factored in
laun•dress = best outfit to wear when hanging clothes outside to dry
ma•dras = drunk girls wear these…
but•tress = time for a Brazilian
breathtaking = yawn-inducing
♥ star X lovers = cosmic cockblock ♥
Thongday = original spelling of: Monday, it’s now a floating day,
attaching to those days you take it up the ass…
wonder bras: putting the jowls & the girls, neck & neck
skelly = the new skinny, since it’s about excess skeleton more than excess skin…
for phat people, thoughts about their next meal can be all-consuming
for lazy people, these same thoughts are generally more idle
😉 Digital Submissions = Twitter Cage liner 😉


There’s degrees of
songs & singers–
so much, I’ll make a list,
when we’re through
let’s both review
& see what I have missed.
There are those that need
~enhancement~
* auto-tune *
& helping hands,
there are those that
bleed song writers
back-up singers
& their band,
there are those that
feed on scandal
freaky clothes
to scream I’m glam,
& those with
stupid handles
geeky pose
& marriage plans
there are those who
make good money
putting Phony
next to Gram
and those that
belt out covers
of another
band with fans…
But sometimes
there are singers
–be it fella, be it dam–
who sing it acapella
And to them
I give this hand.
Since like a writer
~writing~
acapella is pure voice
no falderal
to song at all
but words!
(My tune of choice)
©Karen Robiscoe
Related: Master of Nothing

to you
I’m her
a boon or burr
but in my eyes
I’m I…
a more important guy…
the self attached to my…
to what, wherefore, and why…
to me
the her
is you, or she!
a different thing entirely
and resonates with him–
not he
apart from us,
not them
of we
the them’s
not they
beyond this said
exist in gobs
of grey, in head
not groups, but mobs
of we’s
in force
and everyone
means meez,
of course
excepting none
a world pop,
made up of ones–
–source:
back to top…

2¢ K Robiscoe

the word often has no hard Tee—it isn’t a pirate ship, for heaven’s sake–and unless you mean as often as: of 10 X, skip your hearties…
if you find your lips forming the “buh” sound at any time when pronouncing subtlety, you’ve missed the point…
singers hit the G note, it isn’t pronounced in the word. A good voice is enough “gear” for any singer.
Partial. It’s a denture. Partially complete or partly whole, everything else is a near miss!
finally–amongst, amidst, and whilst. The st doesn’t disguise these poor choices, nor change their meaning. It’s posturing, a word that does require the st combination.

the Prince of Tide–
he, stood on a soapbox,
slinging Mud
(with the one hand)
& washing wHite
where color should be…

a deter Gent’
–he, made me
inclined to
dry-clean…
©Karen Robiscoe