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Shore-brake

She waded at a silent shore,

testing brink of now & then

–and whispered wish for sands before

 

and missing him a life or more

beyond the shoals of why & when,

She waded at a silent shore

 

as sirens will a sea implore,

on weighted buoy of hope & yen

–and whispered wish for sands before

 

that any tide, or swearing for

could e’re undo, nor change amend,

She waded at a silent shore

 

impelled to seek by deepest core,

confusing, fixed phenomenon

–and whispered wish for sands before

 

for beacon lost atop a moor

that trumped all start & stayed all end

She waded at a silent shore

–and whispered wish for sands before…

©Karen Robiscoe

daily prompt: That’s Amore

I Figure 8

Karen Robiscoe dba CHARRONs CHATTER
 
I am weird.

Yeah.

>strange<
 
 
uh-huh, and lately—a little weirder.

I am good with that handle, though.

Weird = wild & unscripted

Mass = energy squared

Disturbed = fallout

and Weapons of Mass Disturbance

render marvelous fallout.

Fallout that endures, & naturally, too.

Think of:

disturbed water

Waterfallling

& waving

&…uh…rapid’ing

only few intrepid enough to ride.

Think of:

disturbed earth

quaking & shifting

great slabs of crust insisting on marvelous peaks

unseen or scaled

by the more grounded man.

Think of:

disturbed core

roiling & spewing

effluvium that

creates islands

of solid stone

hardly any can inhabit.

(permits are a bitch to get, mostly)

Yeah, I’ll take that disturbing label.

That “weird” handle.

If it makes you feel better, but I won’t wear clothes to suit anymore.

Gloves, either.

I will wear my madly

“mis-matched” outfits

mix plaids with ruched satin

tulle with burlap & spikes

short-shorts with turtlenecks

colors of rainbow disregarded,

and no storms necessary for this light show.

I will be impeccable,

as I out

~fit~

hemming in vestments to intricate

Tease & Eyes

flaunting my awesome figures

(all 8’s)

my hourglass shaped

in finite Time

tilted sidewise toward infinite

–possibility

the sands running through me

–shore.

©Karen Robiscoe

No Matter Where You Go…

 

ship bottle

when “real” & “lies” are sorted

you sort of realize…

Lies distort

while real lies

in distant ports unsordid…

where sword & spear don’t spar

since travelers there

are well aware

that where you go

you are…

©Karen Robiscoe

 

Kan-do

Smiley_coin

we’re all so fully fallible–

our foibles→ refillable

>inborn & instill-able<

–accept it

–to the syl•la•ble–

Enjoy it!

Make it

$ billable $

 As facades

>though employable<

are fables for the

~flappable~

both sappy &

/ implacable /

a go-to for the

p  l i a b l e

a fallback

that’s detestable

unviable & liable

to render tender

* jest-able *

as bending truth is

^ laughable ^

& also Google trackable

exposing like Pinocchio

a posing braggadocio

a –nose—so—long→

it’s joke–

–ay?

Yo!


 

(deep breath)

 
 
…while frontages more facile…

Will prove that you’re no asshole.

©Karen Robiscoe

(facile—American pronunciation…;)

 
 

Feb Brew Worry

pieces-of-eight

February.

It’s an unrelenting month.

as cold and uncompromising

as the iron that fronts it

Fe…h

as brutal and as bruising

as the

bru·ja

hidden inside it

–bubblin’ & boilin’

on the downlow

so…minus the HaHa

until one day–

(and quick, ’cause it’s a short month)

–wham! right in the kisser.

For some it’s a Valentine’s kisser, and in that sense

quite enjoyable

–but not for long—

the February Blues get everybody

in the end, since it’s an exit date.

Funny…

(funny weird, not funny HaHa, but I think we covered that)

such an exacting month is subject to change

to Leap years

(though it ought to just leap itself)

and restructure itself without warning.

Roaring like a Lion

Battering like a Ram

Jamming horn and bloody claw

against the sudden cohesion

of March…

 ©Karen Robiscoe

One Enchanted Eve’n-ing…

 
 

At loose ends,

God fashioned Adam

first of Men,

from über Dad

and finding gaps,

then added Madam

Brink of Night He carved from Rib,

giving her a whittled fig’

an “hour-glassy” scrimshaw chick…

Despite the paring – —

–Madam grappled,

(hidden urges)

banned in chapel,

& after sharing

♣ Adam’s Apple ♣,

ditched his Pip to kiss a Toad

–who as most know from lore of old

can alter Toad’s genetic code…

Since well-disguised

• by warty outers •

resided prince with

~ morphing power ~

trumping Airs

of diner dour

–whose table manners lacked noblesse–

needed breeding and finesse

a want for which she sought redress

to move as maid

from biased Garden

to flyest pad & lily pardons

where dual acts are not regarded

with views unkind & spirits hardened

–and thus when Madam

>made from ribs<

kissed her Adam’s

nemesis

it made Dam glad that this exhibit

did in no way Adam

mimic

a truer pairing

almost mythic!

–was

♠ Eve of Night ♠

&

♥ Prince of Ribbits ♥

Karen Robiscoe is my favorite ayuthor ever in all time bar none it doesn't get any better

©Karen Evelyn Robiscoe

Ledger’s Margins

 
high writer_ext

Exchanging my edge

–I live on a ledge–

head in the clouds all the while,

 
 

bridges are threads

~ desire & dread ~

a tapestry woven for miles.

 
 

Method I use,

> enabling ruse <

to balance my break from the crowd–

 
 

–view what I choose

↑exaggerate Muse↓

to those who live life un-Aloud.

©Karen Robiscoe