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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
Comments are welcomed! And couching them in Poetry is definitely NOT required.
Do not explicitly reveal any of the actual answer words until after closing time, but embedding them surreptitiously in comment sentences is encouraged.
Chet dreamed of his future life with Lois and being a father.
ReplyDeleteThe misuse of his precious youth often put him in a lather
Which was a rarity since he stayed within himself knowing That outrageous emotions were seeds not worth sowing.
Likewise he knew it was wise that he avoid casinos
For gambling and the mindset it induced were among the AA no-nos.
Chet hoped that his second year of sobriety would bring much
Growth and a new serenity. Of course marrying Lois was to be...
The finishing touch
Talk about rarities.. Wilbur as first up is a record. Fln, Sandy we were all kidding around about Chet being a jumble blog reader and Lois being touchy about any other women in his life.
ReplyDeleteMisty cleared things up with Lois very nicely in a neat couplet. So naturally all the nice things you've opined about his growth, though completely innocent...
I had my most trouble with #4 and going back to bed I came up with the riddle-solution
Funny how that works. I'm hoping to see how Owen in his inimitable, imaginative way will handle today's J's.
Misty will somehow link a disastrous gambling story with a happy romantic ending.
WC
The neat V-Effekt at the end
ReplyDeleteshows Wilbur’s a Brechtian friend.
Chet’s rueing his misspent youth
is a familiar sensation forsooth.
Better to lament life in one’s forties
and reform—than later inventories.
~ OMK
"Betting Setting"
ReplyDeleteThe casino was run by his father
who refused to allow any misuse,
but he did allow customers within
to let kin sit in and play gin.
All this charity made problems a rarity
and gave the place considerable popularity.
As a result there was rarely an outage
which everyone appreciated much,
and gave the casino a finishing touch.
Wilbur, did I skip the part where Chet and Lois got engaged? Chet seems to know that they'll be married.
ReplyDeleteOk then, congratulations to you two!!
Nice to glean how Misty's rhyme scheme
ReplyDeleteuses internal echo to vary the libretto.
Her verbal stream's truly a dream!
~ OMK
The Chiefs are out,
ReplyDeletethe Bengals in.
Now it's my time
to forget about rhyme:
let my 'Niners face the Rams
while kicking' out the jams!
~ OMK
Ol' Man Keith, I enjoy your rhymes
ReplyDeleteat all times.
And thank you for sharing,
your very kind caring.
Wilbur, you did it! You did it! All six Jumble words and the solution were worked into your complex and hopeful Chet and Lois story! Woohoo! Now I'm excited to be looking forward to the finishing touch of their wedding!
ReplyDeleteSad to see my 'Niners losin' it.
ReplyDeleteJoy converts from grief, reducin' it
thru knowin' my 2nd fave team
gets to play in that Super Dream
of a Bowl Game. Yup, the Rams of El-Ay,
my backup herd, now earn my "Yay!"
~ OMK