She declares before the klatsch
`A toast to his potation`
Then with vilipend upends
Her glass on his head

Vilipend (verb)

To hold or treat as of little worth or account : contemn, to express a low opinion of : disparage

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Potation (noun)

Archaic, humorous An alcoholic drink., The action of drinking alcohol., a drinking bout.

Lexico

Klatsch (noun)

A casual gathering of people, especially for refreshments and informal conversation

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A benevolent society
welcomes all: the poor, hench, underserved,
As long as proper customs were observed.
Hand washing, proper piety,
Police to watch for chicanery.
It was better than they deserved:
A benevolent society.
 
Under knee too long to go quietly.
Once suppressed now anger unreserved.
Rise up, shout, with justice unserved:
We no longer claim without irony
A benevolent society.

Benevolent (adjective)

1. Charitable: performing good or charitable acts and not seeking to make a profit.

2. Characterized by or suggestive of doing good; showing kindness or goodwill.

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Hench (adjective)

Of a person: having a powerful, muscular physique; fit, strong.  Originally particularly associated with black and inner-city youth culture.

Oxford English Dictionary

Chicane (verb)

Trick, cheat

Lexico

Astraphobia may be contagious.
When the storm breaks sleep,
Even the truculent become less courageous.
Astraphobia may be contagious,
The effects on us a bit outrageous.
Once lissome in dreams turn insomniacs deep
Astraphobia may be contagious:
When the storm breaks sleep.

Truculent (adjective)

Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.

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Lissome (adjective)

Easily flexed, characterized by easy flexibility and grace : lithe, nimble

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Astraphobia (noun)

A fear of thunder and lightning

Collins

Leman, you
are alligated to
my whim, my
gest, my plight
where I sit narrator and
you protagonist.

Leman (noun)

A lover or sweetheart. An illicit lover, especially a mistress.

Lexico

Alligate

To attach; bind.

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Gest

A tale of adventures; especially : a romance in verse,  adventure, exploit

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Ruthless
Shambolic dance
Leaves sprout, small buds, birdsong
Rendition of spring against man’s
Hubris

Shambolic (adjective)

Very disorganized; messy or confused

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Hubris (noun)

1. Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance. 2. A strong belief in a person’s own importance

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Rendition (noun)

The act or result of rendering something: such as a performance or interpretation of something, depiction, translation, surrender; specifically, US law : the surrender by a state of a fugitive to another state charging the fugitive with a crime : interstate extradition

Merriam Webster

His swagger, his smile, his confidence,
precipitous ego, free of thought
and equable consciousness
is phlizz manifest.

Equable (adjective)

Unvarying, steady, and free from extremes

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Phlizz (noun)

Something apparently existing, or existing in name, but having no real substance; anything without meaning or value; a chimera.

Oxford English Dictionary

Precipitous (adjective)

Done rashly: acting too quickly and without sufficient thought. “Excessive spending caused the precipitous demise of the company.”

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Leave a void, it will be filled.
We can predict and test precisely
With specificity deliver
Evidence concisely.

A smile or a glower
The effect we can measure
Upon the human brain
Turning joy to displeasure.

But this vortex you create
Pulling everything to your center
Why do you chose to be
A chaos inventor?

Glower (verb used without object)

To look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.

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Specificity (noun)

The condition or state of being specific rather than general.

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Vortex (noun)

Liquid or gas swirling in a spiral that sucks everything in or near it toward its center, a problem or situation that draws in everyone around it

Desk Calendar

I called you wise, my trusted friend.
The advice you gave me, I clung to,
While I drowned, gulping water, you
Aloof threw down words to transcend.
Sensei, I pleaded, I don’t comprehend.
“To suffering, wisdom will accrue”
I called you wise.

It is only when I fully descend
Become an eolian avenue
Can I rise again, see myself anew
My mistake is unclouded, my friend:
I called you wise

Eolian (adjective)

Borne, deposited, produced, or eroded by the wind

Merriam Webster

Manky (adjective)

Inferior; worthless.

Lexico

Sensei (noun)

A teacher, mentor, or a master in a field.

Wordsmith

His stiction experiment
Dashed them together at night,
So through Astrolabe bokeh
His flaws blurred away

Astrolabe (noun

Any of various portable instruments formerly used for making astronomical measurements, esp. the altitudes of celestial objects, typically taking the form of a graduated metal disc with rotating parts and a sighting arm.

Oxford English Dictionary

Bokeh (noun)

The blurred effect in a photograph, typically as a soft out-of-focus background, that results in a pleasing effect and helps to draw attention to the subject of the photograph.

WordSmith

Stiction (noun)

The force required to cause one body in contact with another to begin to move

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