Nudge me, Prosper, out of these dank thicks!
\nSound me a selah, round up a blessing.<\/p>\n
Recover. Breathe. Tell the beads.
\nRecall Reverend Peggy,
\nher horseradish wit,
\nher martini smile.<\/p>\n
To thole. To endure.
\nWhere’s my letter, Miss Sheila?
\nHow is Heather doing?<\/p>\n
Apple juice, my starlet! My miracle
\nof a thousand Burger Kings.<\/p>\n
Obstreperous doxy
\nof a fading September,
\nI’ve got bills to pay.<\/p>\n
You know what’s what, Sexton Jones.
\nDon’t muddle the vestry.<\/p>\n
Connive to make glorious lumps of lingo.
\nShelter against the muggies,
\nsing the four-letter serenade
\nto loutish bursts of rain.<\/p>\n
Thunder me, Anselmo!
\nShrive me, Brian!<\/p>\n
Make friends with Vermont,
\nfrigate about the shallows.<\/p>\n
What’s the frequency, Emily?
\nWho pilfered the mushrumps?<\/p>\n
Dance till your nerves cry Uncle:
\nthere won’t be a sequel
\nto this chick flick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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