Enable (an acrostic poem)

Everyone deserves a second chance

Now Becky was trying to prove it to her daughter

As they watched the Twitter feed for conformation

But as the minutes flowed by, Becky knew that it wasn’t going to happen

Looking at her daughter’s expectant face, she decided on a course of action

Eva, your dad just said we should go get ice cream.  The three year old cheered

Empty (an acrostic poem)

Even as he threw the rest of his chips into the pot

Maurice wanted to vomit

Playing poker so well had earned him a reputation as a good professional

The river card guaranteed him the victory and the three million dollars

Yet he felt hollow knowing most of those winnings were going to the fixer

7/23/2017

Connect head to wall

Remove, then repeat again

Until something breaks

7/20/2017

Stranded on the road

Contemplating a haiku

Waiting till help comes

Reason (an acrostic poem)

Rational ideas set up bulwarks and walls, defending what it considers truth

Emotions launch themselves at those fortifications, trying to lay them low

As the battle wages on, the field gets more and more muddied

Soon the lines are blurred, and what was considered truth becomes lost in the struggle

Obscuring what was the purpose of the original struggle

Negating any hope that cooler minds will prevail

Rock (an acrostic poem)

Risking it all, Dwayne attacked the toddler who was armed with scissors

Overpowering the child, Dwayne was victorious

Couldn’t celebrate his victory though

Kecking Dwayne defeatedly began taping the confetti that was his handwritten manuscript

Paid (an acrostic poem)

Perhaps Liz should have done it for free

After all Bob had helped her out so many times before that

It was the principle of the matter though

Diapers weren’t just a wife’s responsibility