Wolaly on 'OLD' > 'NEW'

Line six, the sixth rung in this wolaly 
ladder, may seem to certain readers 
as at best a stretch and at worst a 
catastrophe. For the poet, however, 
this choice of word is, in fact, the 
clinamen which guarantees the 
integrity of the piece -- or so he 
would insist. In the end, of course, 
you decide.

     Septet
"Lamps new for lamps old"...?
The whole bus'ness rings odd:
ought the Sorcerer add
perks -- small off'rings to aid
a swift wrap...? And how did
young Aladdin's woke d(j)in(n)
spring our lad from that den...?

     Volta 
(Rare Arabian dew:
never old, ever new.)

Current Events Q&A: It's a Grand New Flag

     

"Bracken, Chive 'n' Madder"
chemical marker and colored pencil
on copy paper, digitally modified,
by Ulysses Poe

Hooray for the Red White and Blue!
  
  Which 
hues imbue brave battle flags 
unfurl'd by Black Lives
Matter...?     
     Tri-colors only Opal* wags, 
dyed bracken,** chive*** 'n'
madder.****

     * Opal Tometi, one of three
co-founders of the movement.
     ** Bracken is a dark orange.
     *** Chive (PMS 19-0323) is
a medium-dark yellow-green.
     **** Madder (PMS 19-
1331) is a red-brown hue.