Monday, June 1, 2015

Would it be good to play dead?

                                                                                  Attribution: photo by Toni Frissell 
Image: Courtesy of Tess' Mag

MLMM's 10 of 12 given words:
terse reel rancor (bitter, rankling resentment ) surge
testimony crucifix effervesce (to issue forth in bubbles)
viscous (of a glutinous nature or consistency sticky)
cromulent (fine, acceptable) grotesque

A terse and tensed last encounter
She reeled back in obvious rancor
A biting pain surged to her head
Would it be good to play dead?

His words a testimony of anger
A crucifix in hysteria not even sharper
Her heart in outright effervesce
But not revealing viscous offense

Ostensibly cromulent in response
Grotesque images imagined in defense
A fight-back a wrong move she reckoned
But thinking about it got her sickened

Drowned her sorrows in measures of stability
Lying supine in water defying gravity
Maturity of thoughts got the better of her
To rightly give time for both to recover

For Georgia's hosting at MLMM's #63 and
Tess' Magpie Tales #272

16 comments:

  1. Playing dead sometimes is the best course of action, others it can get one into more trouble

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  2. Grotesque images imagined in defense

    Loved this line! This is really brilliant and intense!

    mindlovemisery

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  3. Strong, imaginative, clever - well done.

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  4. I could be doing with some measures of stability! Unique write - really enjoyed it!

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  5. Cool use of the words.

    Thanks for visiting.

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  6. Ahh, a cromulently happy ending ! Well done

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  7. Hank, I always am impressed on where you will go with a list of words. Your imagination just takes flight..playing dead could be dangerous..

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  8. I love the uniqueness of this poem, Hank.

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  9. imaginative...play dead...oh!

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  10. I like your slant rhymes, especially. And your title is an eye catcher, for sure. :)

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  11. No, not at all! Never ever play dead... Hehehe! Yours is an excellent vivid magpie, to the end!

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  12. I'm impressed with those of you who combine two prompts. Best lines:
    A crucifix in hysteria not even sharper
    Her heart in outright effervesce
    But not revealing viscous offense

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  13. I loved a dark write amongst us! Never play dead.

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