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Monday, June 18, 2018

"She saw an actor playing Lear upon a black-box stage..." Harrassment or She Saw s Scoundrel: A Constrained Nonsense Alphabet

She saw an actor playing Lear upon a black-box stage,
which actor then attacked her, crying, “…-til your cheeks crack! Rage!...”

She saw a brewer using hops to modify his malt,
which brewer tried to screw her, crying, “It’s your own damn fault.”

She saw a builder raising roof beams for a pine-log house,
which builder nearly killed her when she brushed his workman’s blouse.

She saw a butcher chopping steaks, a cleaver in each hand,
which butcher tried to putsch her, having sliced her thyroid gland.

She saw a broker packaging some questionable debt,
which broker tried to choke her when she queried, “Gross or net?”

She saw a choir conductor leading choristers in song, 
which schmuck went on to fuck her. Does he not know right from wrong?

She saw a doctor when she’d gotten gangrene in her toe,
which doctor socked her -- clocked her when she told him, “Doctor: No!”

She saw a draper cutting yard goods -- buntings, braids, brocades –
which draper tried to rape her (which he’s done to sev’ral maids).

She saw an etcher burnishing a graven copper plate,
which etcher tried to stretch her ‘cross an unforgiving grate.

She saw a farmer harvesting blood oranges and limes,
which farmer tried to harm her – and succeeded, sev’ral times.

She fled a grocer galling her (she’d claimed his yams were jokes),
which grocer promptly grossed her out: he show’d his artichokes.

She saw a wand’ring herder in Charmoise, attired in plaid,
which herder tried to murder her. (This herder hurt her…bad.)

She spotted an investor buying stocks and selling shares.
Molest her this investor did, while crying, “No one cares.”

She saw a jock who hemmed and hawed, “The gals I like? Good sports,”
which jock left her in shock once he had handed back her shorts.

She saw a Kaiser – Bill by name – whose German sounded Dutch,
which Kaiser told her lies. (Her mom had cautioned her as much.) 

She saw a lawyer -- name of Sawyer -- wearing lawyer's clothes.
Will this lawyer soon annoy her to distraction? I suppose.

She saw a miller grinding grain, his mortar sharply filed,
Which miller tried to drill her – with that very mortar. Wild!

She saw a neighbor who had stencil’d “Brillig!” on his van,
which neighbor will outgrabe her, being such a Carroll fan.

(a work in progress) 

She saw an organ grinder…
Will this organ grinder find her...

She saw a planter…
which planter...

She saw a Quaker...
which Quaker...

She saw a ranger…

She saw a rapper…

She saw a sailor…
which sailor tried to nail her…

She saw a tinker…

She saw an undertaker…
which undertaker’d break her if she...

She saw a voter...
which voter went and show’d her...

She saw a wrangler…
Which wrangler tried to strangl’ her…

She saw a writer…
which writer tried to bite her

She saw a x... 

She saw a y…

She saw a z…

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