DLXXX ~> Cleaning Up * (Opus580 ~> Cleaning Up ) (1) Were you getting married in the morning, You clean up your act before break of dawn. There’s something refreshing about cleaning; It sends your sins to depths of oblivion Till you convince yourself they’re not your own: Cleaning up your act proves hardest to do; If on failing, you have nowhere to go! (2) The whole proves more than the sum of its parts; Unless you are an old-school bean counter, To whom one gallon is always four quarts No matter that you bargain and barter For options that remain the non-starter: Cleaning up your act is one thankless task More so if it entails changing your mask! (3) The maladies most difficult to cure Are those whose symptoms prove most elusive Since far from obvious they are more obscure Pinpointing them needs to be invasive Over and above being persuasive: One failsafe formula for cleaning up The hidden sins admits of no road map! ==<...
CDXLI ~> Rosales Reprise* (Opus441 ~> Rosales Reprise ) (1) {CXIX | Rosales Propensities} Disdain for contrived ambiguity Even in the domain of make believe Lends strength to gain fleeting sobriety Suffice disguise all intents to deceive Might galvanize latent instincts to grieve: Loquacious superfluity in vain Contain the noxious stench of dormant sin! (2) In cavalcade of ill-begotten schemes Bid overcome terrain of vast unknown Challenge the wits and flirt with all extremes The consequence with nonchalance disown Sans second thoughts consign to oblivion: With words to drown when reason fails to probe Wherefore unsure what you are anxious of! (3) {CLXIV | Rosales Ambiguities} As it fell upon one obscure siesta After a taxing table tennis match Sweating stench with hints of turgid fiesta Seduced by my propensity to watch The napping damsel on my couch to catch: One stolen kiss could last the lifelong while...