Peroration

PERORATION

-noun

(rhetoric) . the conclusion of a speech or discourse, in which points made previously are summed up or recapitulated, especially with greater emphasis

The emphasis is there already

No need for further peroration

But why did it have to be blue?

Indolence

INDOLENCE

-noun

1. (formal) . a dislike of work or effort; laziness; idleness.

2. (pathology) . the fact or state of causing little pain

3. (pathology) . (especially of a painless ulcer) slowness to heal

It twists and turns

A mad game of maze

But some vexing form

Of bark and lymph indolence

Is keeping it from soaring

Quintet

QUINTET

-noun

1. a group of five singers or instrumentalists or a piece of music composed for such a group

2. any group of five

She plays along
My mind is grouping
The eyelets on her boots
Into shiny quintets
Something about eye-level
Mass distractions

Quirk

QUIRK

-noun

1. an individual peculiarity of character; mannerism or foible

2. an unexpected twist or turn

3. a continuous groove in an architectural moulding

4. a flourish, as in handwriting

We look up at all the quirks

To find pigeons mocking us

A vague bullying presence

Scabby poxy rats with wings

Scallop

SCALLOP

-noun

1. any of various marine bivalves of the family Pectinidae, having a fluted fan-shaped shell: includes free-swimming species (genus Pecten) and species attached to a substratum (genus Chlamys)

2. the edible adductor muscle of certain of these molluscs

3. either of the shell valves of any of these molluscs

4. a scallop shell or similarly shaped dish, in which fish, especially shellfish, is cooked and served

5. one of a series of curves along an edge, especially an edge of cloth

6. the shape of a scallop shell used as the badge of a pilgrim, especially in the Middle Ages (mainly 7. Australian) a potato cake fried in batter

-verb

8. (trans.) to decorate (an edge) with scallops

9. to bake (food) in a scallop shell or similar dish

10. (intr.) to collect scallop

The sea-ness of it all

Flesh tender yet submissive

Sweet in an almost sexual way

Like eating a mermaid's thigh

Scallop dusted in seaweed

Cacoethes

CACOETHES

[ˌkækəʊˈiːθiːz]

-noun

an uncontrollable urge or desire, especially for something harmful; mania

He has this thing

This cacoethes for running across roads

And getting ran over

His game leg a badge of dubious honour

Just a stubborn stupid cat

Recondite

RECONDITE

-adj.

1. requiring special knowledge to be understood; abstruse

2. dealing with abstruse or profound subjects

Music

Recondite with resonances

Magic on a page

Though the wind knows it all