"Tavern"

When a horse is whickering

At the start of a Western

You can assume they must be bickering

Down at the tavern.

November 13, 2026

"Threat"

To end up as a meme on the internet

Is a most unwelcome fate

But I wouldn't take it as a threat

   (when much worse outcomes await).

November 13, 2026

"Sword"

When you must remove the dashboard

To get to the pyro fuse

You might just fall on your sword

   (or decide to sing Blues).

November 12, 2026

"Scariest"

Phantoms are the scariest

Reality pales in face of

The imaginary makes us the wariest

   (seek counseling from Above).

November 12, 2026

"Spooked"

Whatever happened to Frankie 

Who became an electrician on Long Island 

He just wanted out of "the life"

   (once you're spooked, you're spooked).

November 12, 2026

"Surcease"

Like that old movie with Cyd Charisse

About Soviet agents in France

Only Love gave her surcease

   (and learning how to dance).

November 12, 2026

"Stings"

We spend our lives avoiding things

That tend to drag down Life

Especially painful, truthful stings

That might help us avoid the strife.

November 11, 2026

"Evil"

Exorcism his only hope

   (we all know the type)

His evil oozes up from Hell

   (through a wicked, malignant pipe).

November 11, 2026

"Fear"

In my efforts to get ahead

I find myself way behind

So far, I fear, I've lost the thread

   (or maybe I'm just purblind).

November 11, 2026

"Normal"

There's many a stop on Normal Street 

On the way to La La Land

Best find one, and take a seat

   (before things get out of hand).

November 11, 2026

"Avoiding"

I have no truck with the Devil

   (but I've been tracking his ways)

I stay above his level

   (by avoiding his gaze).

November 11, 2026

"Ugly"

Protect yourself from ugly rumor

Raise the filter high

Or it grows like deadly tumor

   (killing all thereby).

November 11, 2026