Dybbuk

DYBBUCK

-noun
Judaism (in the folklore of the cabala) the soul of a dead sinner that has transmigrated into the body of a living person

























I ran over an ex lover
(on purpose)
But he turned dybbuck and
Cried iced tears all over my car.
Mister Frost.

Sibyl

SIBYL

-noun
1. (in ancient Greece and Rome) any of a number of women believed to be oracles or prophetesses, one of the most famous being the sibyl of Cumae, who guided Aeneas through the underworld
2. a witch, fortune-teller, or sorceress

























When Christianity took over this land
The old sibyls turned into olive trees
Forecasting winter at Candlemas

Educe

EDUCE

-verb (used with object)
1. to draw forth or bring out, as something potential or latent; elicit; develop.
2. to infer or deduce.



One could educe
From the amount of food picture
In my portfolio
That I like food.
Elementary.
Alimentary.

Argosy

ARGOSY

-noun
1. A large ship, or a fleet of ships, especially one carrying valuable cargo.
2. A rich source or supply.

























An argosy unto herself
She shelters a cargo of kittens
Or it is just fat?

Natheless

NATHELESS

—adv.
1. another word for nonetheless

—prep
2. notwithstanding; despite



Gloom rolls in
The day starts
Natheless

Nugatory

NUGATORY

-adj.
1. of no real value; trifling; worthless.
2. of no force or effect; ineffective; futile; vain.
3. not valid.



Nugatory efforts
To fight digestive problems
Unfazed by bubbles

Selvage

SELVAGE

-noun
1. the edge of woven fabric finished so as to prevent ravelling, often in a narrow tape effect, different from the body of the fabric.
2. any similar strip or part of surplus material, as at the side of wallpaper.
3. Also called margin. Philately . the surplus paper or margin around a sheet of stamps.
4. a plate or surface through which a bolt of a lock passes.



I keep my life in selvage
Hoping this will keep it
From unravelling.

Passel

PASSEL

-noun
a group or lot of indeterminate number



A secret window
Opens on
A passel of Sibyls
Well hidden secret

Pruinose

PRUINOSE
[proo-uh-nohs]

-adj.
Botany - covered with a frost-like bloom or powdery secretion.























Pruinose bloom
A gift from the night

Crenelation

CRENELATION

-noun
1. The act of rendering a building defensible by the addition of battlements or by the cutting of loopholes.
2. The state or condition of being crenelated.
3. A battlement.
4. Any notch or indentation.























Crenelations
Made to retain sauce
But not to resist bites
Adding crunch
To succumbing pleasure

Torpor

TORPOR

–noun
1. sluggish inactivity or inertia.
2. lethargic indifference; apathy.
3. a state of suspended physical powers and activities.
4. dormancy, as of a hibernating animal.



Torpor!
Thy name is cat.

Prim

PRIM

–adj.
1. formally precise or proper, as persons or behaviour; stiffly neat.
–verb (used without object)
2. to draw up the mouth in an affectedly nice or precise way.
–verb (used with object)
3. to make prim, as in appearance.
4. to draw (one's face, lips, etc.) into a prim expression.



Prim windows
Bothered by naked figures
Pursing their shades
In unspoken disapproval

Scrannel

SCRANNEL

–adj.
1. thin or slight.
2. squeaky or unmelodious.




I feel for dead leaves
Tormented scrannel friends
Abandoned, unloved

Lissotrissic

LISSOTRISSIC
[lĭs'ə-trĭk'ĭk]

-adj.
Having straight hair.























I once dreamt
Of lissotrissic nymphs
Caught up in my branches
Then woke up to reality
Arms raised
But human.