Smoke (an acrostic poem)

Image: raiznerlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bigstock-Black-smoke-cloud-series-26409170-1024×685.jpg

So many wires going here and there

More than what is needed right now, but you want to be ready for the future

Oh I know it can get confusing, but that’s okay

Keep track of everything right up here in my big old brain

Except I forgot and now the smoke alarm is going off. Damn!

*a semi-fictitious tale. There was no smoke in my case. lol

Ugly (an acrostic poem)

Image: stylebyemilyhenderson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Master_Bathroom_Mid_Century_Blue_Emily_Henderson.jpg

Under the harsh bathroom light, he looked hideous.

Going on this date was such a bad idea.

Leaving her alone would be better than returning to their table, wouldn’t it?

Yet when they left the restaurant she held his hand, and he wondered why.

Salty (an acrostic poem)

Image: static.onecms.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2022/07/11/taking-the-salt-shaker-off-the-table-could-extend-your-life-01-2000.jpg

Swearing up a blue streak was her pressure relief mechanism

And she needed all the relief she could get tonight

Little did she know her ex was going to be there with his super-model girlfriend

Thatโ€™s when she knew she had to do something to assert dominance

Yet loosening the tops to the seasoning shakers were probably not the route to go

Sign (an acrostic poem)

Image: theactuarymagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/F3-GettyImages-511085185.jpg

So, he looked for hidden meanings in everything around him

It made him paranoid he might miss something that would lead to a preventable catastrophe

Going through life on tiptoe meant that finding anything underfoot caused him to lose mental balance

Now if he only saw that earlier, he might have enjoyed what that foretold

Tape (an acrostic poem)

Image:buzzerblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/5873815259_35861cfd6f_b.jpg

The situation was very sticky that she found herself in

All the good intentions in the world were not going to help her now

Pushing the button, the last of her coins activated the slot machine

Everyone watched the miracle on the old grainy video when they pulled the …

Plate (an acrostic poem)

Image i.pinimg.com/474x/46/40/f6/4640f643e89bd62eedc06a12652ca7f3.jpg

Putting down the platter in front of her

Lisa pondered what was going to happen to her next

All that Googling and research, but in the end, it always came down to a coin flip

Tails and she would die from the poison there in front of her, okay, maybe that was a bit strong, but…

Everyone watched as she ate. She smiled. It seemed to be gluten-free. Heads it is!

Buggy (an acrostic poem)

Image: blog.themotorbookstore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dune-buggy-at-sand-dunes.jpg

Bounding the dunes without a care in the world

Under the glittering stars high above

Giving a middle finger to the rest of the jealous, stressful world

Going to do this forever and nothing was going to stop me

Yet that’s when the car’s computer crashed and left me stranded on the God-forsaken beach all alone

Frog (an acrostic poem)

Image: toadsnfrogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Tap-Water-Frogs-min.jpg

Focusing on looking before leaping

Really made life easier and gave him so much self-confidence moving forward

Of course, at this particular moment, it was getting a bit warmer, but everything would be just fine

Going to enjoy this sauna environment as it keeps getting hotter slowly until …

Ready (an acrostic poem)

Image: i.pinimg.com/564x/f5/d2/57/f5d25772399404c4abee742291cd184c.jpg

Relaxing against the wall, he watched his classmates convulse on the dance floor

Everything that night had been disastrous.ย  First, his date ditched him

And she decided to slow dance with the person who used to be his best friend

Drinking his punch, he wondered what could possibly happen next, but then he laughed

Yes, he knew what was going to happen next.ย  His master plan was working perfectly.