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.
WordSmith
Boondoggle (noun)
work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy
dictionary.com
Cotton (verb)
to take a liking —used with to
to come to understand —used with to or on to
Merriam-Webster
Effulgent (adjective)
radiant; brilliant
Collins
Exonym (noun)
a name for a place or group not used by the local people
vocabulary.com
filial (adjective)
designating the generation following the parental generation
relating to, characteristic of or befitting an offspring
New York Times