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december’s anti-checklist ( tsilkcehc-itna s’rebmeced )

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an absence of bees

hornets & fleas

   unseen, catalogued

   & dutifully un-noted

not a swallow swoops

nor a swift swishes

      as we pause & sneeze

      under leafless trees

skin a shade of ghost

un-stung by nettles

      blanker than a cheque

      lifeless like a high street

with its faux-snow sprayed

over shop windows

      muzzled folk inside

      spot their smileless eyes

missing like a clue

mister pavlov’s dogs

      drooling for the bell

      not the juicy steak

where the air is listless

all’s the so of what

      see december un-pen

      ticking not a jot

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misting in action ( noitca ni gnitsim )

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misting the point
the bus & the mark

floating in mist
like bo peep’s sheep

moist of all
i’m breathing in mist

singing in mist
like a mistle thrush

deep in this mist
& misting the boat

presumed misting
like a view

marbles, mister kipling
or the mister men

bumping into trees
stubbing mistle toes

misting a key
within this sylphid sea

misting a trick
but never a beat

mistn’t grumble though
i mist be glowing

a mist in the mist
& misting your phone calls

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alternative names for snow ( wons rof seman evitanretla )

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blankets of brrr

phantom fragments

confused water

igloo mortar

bright white sheets

obscurer of sheep

yeti confetti

melting blossom petals

the trail of a blizzard

frozen cats & dogs

crystallised rainfall

dandruff of the gods

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