Keep What Holds the Light Unbroken

Posted on January 16, 2026 by JMN

The Gleb on a Gnat’s Vesicle
— After Donne.

How do we rue you, cunning tongue?
Grant us, sir, spit out a lung.
Perdition’s grease fire. Odium’s pimp.
Perversity’s pal. Plague’s piece of tail.
Malice engorged. Enormity in a suit.
Torrent of keening. Badmouth bard.
Punch down, PUNCH HARD!

Swervy weaver. Voyeur warrior.
Randy prancer. Double downer.
Pope of payback. FULMINATOR!
Pulling woolster. Sharp practitioner.
Dirty trickster. Spurning truther.
Crimson wattle. Rights reneger.
Dodge disaster. CASTIGATOR!

Hustle’s apostle. Carnage’s barker.
Deferment’s dandy. Decency’s bruise.
Putter’s potentate. Pageant’s peepster.
Casino’s crap shot. Crypto’s mule.
Columbia’s thorn. Liberty’s blindfold.
Spurred heel. Sultan of feel.
Man of steal. HELL OF A DEAL!

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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2 Responses to Keep What Holds the Light Unbroken

Sue Grey-Smith says:

January 19, 2026 at 11:17 pm

Brilliant! I think you’ve nailed it!

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- JMN says:
  
  January 21, 2026 at 1:30 pm
  
  You are generous as always, Sue. I’m afraid it sounds like a tirade, but I dress it in a French word such as “cri de coeur”! Thanks for your ever kind ear and gaze.
  
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