Clueless
#4
Colonel Mustard failed 
to dazzle a tipsy Widow Peacock 
with the medals paradoxically

not sure about  the application or appropriatenes of "paradoxically" - maybe garishly or something similar.

embellishing his dress uniform 
or with war stories recounted 
in a snide W.C. Fields drawl. 
Triumphant in ruffling her feathers, 
he drew a knife, carved a corpulent

same with corpulent, more fitting for humans

slice of mutton and turned 
to other delights.

When he stumbled into Miss Scarlet 
in the ballroom, her purse coughed 
up an unnoticed revolver-
eclipsed by his pot-roast belly
and her gravy-boat breasts. 

this is a fun stanza

Scarlet’s smile seduced 
a ride home, deserting 
her stewed escort, 
Professor Plum. 

Come morning, 
servants found Professor Plum
in the conservatory 
beneath the rosebushes 
with Mrs. Peacock,
.
both dead to the world
I do agree that it needs to be more than this fragment, but a good foundation for that, RC
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Clueless - by ChristopherSea - 05-14-2016, 04:57 AM
RE: Clueless - by Caleb Murdock - 05-17-2016, 12:22 AM
RE: Clueless - by aschueler - 05-17-2016, 08:20 AM
RE: Clueless - by RC James - 05-17-2016, 10:34 AM
RE: Clueless - by Caleb Murdock - 05-17-2016, 02:46 PM
RE: Clueless - by aschueler - 05-18-2016, 06:41 PM
RE: Clueless - by jayjayaustralia - 05-24-2016, 06:37 PM
RE: Clueless - by ChristopherSea - 05-30-2016, 12:26 AM



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