Paul Siegell

 

Nametag Time Lags

 

Speculate {

Flashbulbs climb curbs.

 

Debouch {

Slapping a mosquito glad-hands an inkblot.

 

Accentuate {

Rest your right breast on my right-breast rester.

 

Ossify {

Peas and something gooey swung at things like fossils.

 

Derogate {

Two rocks don't make a duck.

 

Speaking of {

Hearing my laugh, she said of herself, only makes me laugh harder.

 

Perpetuate {

As sincere as skincare.

 

Taunt {

Unbeknownst, the audience is dense with awe.

 

Alleviate {

Kiefer the Qweefer's got nothing on that sounded like it's gonna smell.

 

Snivel {

Rhododendrons tit-for-tat with apple cider prescription glasses.

 

Proliferate {

Up to, approaching, almost.

 

Float {

Such determination in airports.

 

Machinate {

You have powers—Done seen you camouflage trees to look like you.

 

Occupy {

Contesting the word "package" while the VP devours a banana.

 

Separate {

A cubical food fight? Rip-roarin' rhapsodic, I'm ready when you are.