On her, words were impetrate. On him, they were framed in fortitude.
On her, irrevocable and repulsive.  On him, persuasive.
She rises again after each dismissive pummel, he guides the fist.

Impetrate (verb)

to obtain by pleading or begging

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Fortitude (noun)

mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously

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irrevocable (adjective)

incapable of being retracted or revoked; cannot be undone or taken back

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repulsive (adjective)

causing strong dislike or disgust

of or relating to the force that pushes something away from something else

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Pummel (verb)

To beat or pound, with or as if with fists.

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Abluded from human nature, silence pressed in wet ink ,
Intentionally recondite, unnecessary aggression:
Paperwork turns a job into an exercise in uitwaaien.

Nondisclosure (noun)

failure to reveal information, especially in a legal case

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Ablude (verb)

To differ, be out of keeping. Usually with from.

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Recondite (adjective)

difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep

of, relating to, or dealing with something little known or obscure

hidden from sight

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Uitwaaien (noun)

the Dutch practice of jogging or walking into the wind

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Ripples form and break across the surface of my erstwhile life
Lies once told, forgotten, reborn on someone else's red lips
Anything I once thought I was broken by my own subterfuge

ripple (noun)

a small wave on the surface of a liquid, a shape or pattern having small waves

a sound that gradually becomes louder and then quieter

something that passes or spreads through or over someone or something

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Erstwhile (adverb)

former; of times past

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Subterfuge (noun)

deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade

a deceptive device or stratagem

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Often I am described as phelegmatic, port in the storm
But my calm is painstakingly, palpably built of flanerie.
Each breathe a transaction to let me quietly rabble-rouse

Phlegmatic (adjective)

self-possessed, calm, or composed

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Painstakingly (adverb)

in a fastidious and painstaking manner

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palpable (adjective)

obvious and noticeable

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Flânerie (noun)

aimless strolling or lounging

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transaction (noun)

conducting business within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)

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rabble-rouse (verb)

To stir up the masses, especially to incite action or change.

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In global affairs, we decry dollar diplomacy 
extravagant waste, pettifog in place of actual debate
but prepend the alternative: the sonorous effect of bombs

Decry (verb)

to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly

to express strong disapproval of

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dollar diplomacy (noun)

foreign policy influenced by economic considerations

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extravagant (adjective)

more than is usual, necessary, or proper; very fancy;

very expensive and not necessary; spending a lot of money

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Pettifog (verb)

To quibble over trivial matters.

To engage in petty, often legalistic, chicanery.

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Perpend (verb)

to consider

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sonorous (adjective)

full, loud and deep

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While I promised to expiate my bunburing New Year's Eve
I swear my trip to the land of Nod prevented my attendance
with panache and respect please accept this apology 

expiate (verb)

make amends for

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Bunbury (verb)

to create a fictitious scenario that provides an excuse for avoiding unwanted engagements

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land of Nod (noun)

the mythical land of sleep

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Panache (noun)

an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet

dash or flamboyance in style and action

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Contiguous with sorrow, grief, painful reminisces of loss
are the little moments we caparison in lunar light
chase away our many darknesses with laudable resilience

contiguous (adjective)

having a common boundary or edge

connecting without a break

very close or connected in space or time

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reminisce (verb)

to talk, think, or write about things that happened in the past

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Caparison (verb)

to dress richly

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Lunar (adjective)

 of or on the moon

like the moon; specif., pale; pallid,  round or crescent-shaped

measured by the moon’s revolutions of or containing silver

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Laudable (adjective)

worthy of praise

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Alliterative assertions aside
Born of boondoggles begun before
Children cotton to consequences:
Dreams, demands, dread, desires.
     Effulgent exonym for at ease
          False fustian for filial function
               Grating gossip for grief
                    Hopeless hearsay for home.

I just know little more. Nothing ordinary:

Peace
Quiet
Rest

Stopping sometimes to stare
Trembling, thunderstruck, thoughtful
Under unfortunate utterances
Vetting wishes that in Xanadu yesterday’s zealots 
Abandoned

Alliterate (verb)

To use words beginning with the same sound or letter, especially the same initial consonant sound.

To arrange with the same sound or letter.

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Boondoggle (noun)

work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy

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Cotton (verb)

to take a liking —used with to

to come to understand —used with to or on to

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Effulgent (adjective)

radiant; brilliant

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Exonym (noun)

a name for a place or group not used by the local people

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filial (adjective)

designating the generation following the parental generation

relating to, characteristic of or befitting an offspring

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Perhaps I am a wiseacre, a foolish choice as mates
trying to reify 'love' while ours slowly deteriorates
but I'll keep blowing loose dandelion seeds to save our fates.

Wiseacre (noun)

one who pretends to knowledge or cleverness

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deteriorate (verb)

to become worse as time passes

to make (something) worse

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Reify (verb)

to convert into or regard as a concrete things

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Knees against hard wood, consecrated whispers to inculcate
brought only hollowness to my soul.  Futzing within hard wood,
lucullan, adroit, and wild connected my soul to the cosmos.

Disintermediate (verb)

remove or cut down on the use of intermediaries between suppliers and buyers

remove money from a bank to invest directly in the stock market, eliminating the need of an intermediary such as a lender or broker

stop acting as a broker or intermediary between borrowers and investors in the stock market

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inculcate (verb)

teach and impress upon by frequent repetitions or admonitions; instill

New York Times

Futz (verb)

Originally Australian, now chiefly North American. To occupy oneself in an ineffectual or trifling way; to mess about, to waste time; to fiddle or tinker with something.

Oxford English Dictionary

Lucullan (adjective)

marked by lavishness and richness; sumptuous

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Adroit (adjective)

having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations

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Cosmos (noun)

 the universe considered as a harmonious and orderly system

harmony; order

any complete and orderly system

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