Dire Offense

Mark Levine

The Rape of the Lock Was a favorite pastime in times of lockDown, when, for instance, one of our number Smuggled in poppers for all, leaving us number Than snow-blind ice fishers Searching for shore among zagged fissures; Or when some random munitions-heavy assassin Interrupted quiet time to break our asses in With a christly urge to mutilate. "BullsHit-" expels protestant inner Belinda, who shared With the Baron a confidential spasm-"I am sheared To the nape!"-then bleats like a spring lamb at us In cadences calamitous. [...]far both armies to Belinda yield" Sod-like. Time Fate Love Beauty Power Ill-Nature Steel Muse Goddess God Jove Neptune Hermes Sol Ulysses Dido Proculus Propitious Megrim Maeander Cynthia Thalestris Sylph Sylphid Nymph Gnome Zephyretta Umbriel Fay Fairy Pam Poll Ixiom Ace Ariel Brillante Damon Dapperwit Clarissa Sir Plume Sir Fopling Florio Crispissa Belinda Betty Basto Partridge Spleen Your Grace Imperial Consort Tyrant Queen Imperial Courtier Star Knave Baron Lord Chief Monarch Majesty Trump Matadore Battalion Throng Guard Squadron British Throne Force Troop Militia Nation Earth Heavens Moon Sky Sea Land Desert Cave of Spleen Elysia Rome China Afric Amazon Troy Asia The Thames The Mall Home Grotto The Exchange Fiend Phantom Specter Hero Personage Jew Moor Host Merchant Judge Saint Infidel Plebeian Politician Wretch Slave Female Prude Virgin Harlot Belle Wife Virago Hysteric Wise Man Vain Man Statesman Fellow Mankind Imperial Race Fop Witling Heir Soul Victor Victim Lover Ravisher Playing at violence with sharpened sticks is delaying Onset of incipient male horror, saith the experts. Woodlands, once defoliated Henceforward accumulated Grubs, worms, and borers, as speculation Re: "sundry violation Of lawns and flower beds" grew, belatedLy, and sedation was slated To ease nighttime installation Of ventilation Ducts.

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