Prolepsis

PROLEPSIS

-noun

1 : the representation or assumption of a future act or development as if presently existing or accomplished

2 : the application of an adjective to a noun in anticipation of the result of the action of the verb

Politics

Or the casual art

Of hidden prolepsis

Hoping for the best

To win

Concoction

CONCOCTION

-noun

1. the act or process of concocting

2. something concocted

3. an untruth; lie

We struggle with our concoctions

Laying word after word

In hope to build a story

The ultimate sweeping lie

A potage of notions and motions

Batter

BATTER

-verb (used with object)

1. to hit (someone or something) repeatedly using heavy blows, as with a club or other heavy instrument; beat heavily

2. (often passive) to damage or injure, as by blows, heavy wear, etc

3. social welfare . to subject (a person, especially a close relative living in the same house) to repeated physical violence

4. to subject (a person, opinion, or theory) to harsh criticism; attack

-noun

1. a mixture of flour, milk or water, eggs, etc., beaten together for use in cookery.

-verb (used with object)

2. to coat with batter.

-noun

a player who swings a bat or whose turn it is to bat, as in cricket or baseball.

-noun

1. the slope of the face of a wall that recedes gradually backwards and upwards

-verb (used without object)

2. to have such a slope

Battered walls

And paintings

Bruised by ugly slogans

Coated in filth

An urban struggle

For voice

Acerbic

ACERBIC

-adj.

harsh, bitter, or astringent; sour

I claimed

An exploding pomegranate

From the tree

Only to find out

It was still very much acerbic