‘In the Still of the Clan…’

“Payasada.” Oil on canvas, 16 x 24 in. (JMN 2023).

The pattern of the nonsequi-ku first broached here is rendered more ticklish per the suggestion of OutsideAuthority: If anything, wondering if it’s a little too easy. Can you make the rules more complex?!

The title now is vaguely anapestic. The cinquain alternates frisky trochees with ambling iambs. The C-line goes rogue and gets sextametrish.

Here’s the refurbished model and prototype:

IN THE STILL OF THE CLAN THERE’S A DROP OF HOOCH LEFT FOR THE JUG

Rampant pandemonium in the boondocks
Implies Confucius has not sold his views.
Ramaswamy peddles goobers in the zone now,
Dispensing joy to sheeple in his flocks,
Ripped in camo, toting cocked pew-pews.

(c) 2023 JMN — EthicalDative. All rights reserved

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About JMN

I live in Texas and devote much of my time to easel painting on an amateur basis. I stream a lot of music, mostly jazz, throughout the day. I like to read and memorize poetry.
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