Another Deep Time (11)

     The Word Ladder "Deep>Time": 

(deep>deer>

deem>teem>team>

teal>deal>

veal>vial>dial>

dual>dull>

mull>mule>mile>

tile>time)

     The Wolaly "Deep>Time": 

 

Deep 'neath teal-toned canopies,

deer -- two doe, a fawn -- appear.

Deem'd in danger be the three: 
teems this forest with, I hear,
teams of huntsmen, pity-free.

May teal, a hue for calming fear,

deal quelque chose to alls' esprit.

Veal o'er venison: which be,

with vials -- more: magnitudes! -- of beer,

on dials of savory strike top key...?*

Dual carnes, jus'd or sere, 

dull tongues' taste buds, all agree.

Mull on this, as well, my dear:

mule's of tang no apogee,

nor mile I'd walk for camel, clear...?

O'er tile or t'rrazzo...? Never, me!

"Time," still, "will tell," doth Lucky** sneer.

     * Number 11, perhaps...? 

     ** A character appearing in Beckett's 

"Waiting for Godot."

     For a Wolaly derived from this one using 

a variant of the N+1 technique pioneered by 

the OuLiPo, see post for August 27 above.