Today is Three Word Wednesday, run by my friend Thom.
This week's words:
Taboo, noun: prohibition, proscription, veto, interdiction, interdict, ban, restriction; adjective: forbidden, prohibited, banned, proscribed, interdicted, outlawed, illegal, illicit, unlawful, restricted, off limits; unmentionable, unspeakable, unutterable, unsayable, ineffable; rude, impolite.
Taut, adjective: tight, stretched, rigid, fraught, strained, stressed, tense, flexed, tense, hard, solid, firm, rigid, stiff.
Tattered, adjective: old and torn; in poor condition.
The Jack Rabbit
They whisper taboo
and my old sinews are taut,
too much for my bones
to hold with due ease.
I was once a jack rabbit
in a former life.
At least that seems true.
I remember bald eagles
aiming at my thews
and me jacking back
and away of a sudden
so they missed, cussing
me out as only
eagles can - me in
full on run to ground and down
with tattered gray fur
to my hole for one.
June 22, 2016 8:07 PM
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Oh to have the energy of young muscles - at least perhaps words keep out brain muscle taut and ready for action
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