prune juice
laced with liquor
laid my neck in this noose;
why does that cold-hearted Kicker
snicker?

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The “Kicker” is meant to be the individual who kicks the bucket out from under a person’s feet in a hanging.

malice
sheathed in a smile
shall destroy this palace
should we elect not to revile
such guile

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I am posting an odd numbered cinquain for a change.

Abbot
Owens owns a
teeny tan tame rabbit;
how pleasant to have an ally
so nigh!

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Try and say the first three lines five times fast! 😉  I come out with “teeny tam tame” or “teeny tan tane” almost every time.

navy
fabric naps near
platinum blond wavy
hair; how those cold carob eyes spear
my cheer

quaintly
by the seaside
Bain bides with his saintly
folks yet laments for fate denied
a bride

white wings
shelter spare frames
from nefarious things
as the trumpet of slumber claims
gray names